Renovation project - French plaster boarding and joint filling
Now that we have no more guests we can continue
on the living room ceiling, this is the same as the kitchen; John is going to
plaster board in between the beams.
This means that we will have full insulation
without losing the beams.
And because we have done this once before we
know the best way to do it, rather than have the full size plaster boards, we
buy the smaller size which are easier to cut and means a lot less waste.
Once they are all in place the joints need to
be filled, so while he is on plastering duties the walls at the side of the
fireplace get a coat as well, these were really rough, but not in a “in keeping
with the age of the house” kind of way, just in a really crappy kind of way.
It’s also really nice to see John plastering
without all the cursing he used to do, it’s only taken a few years but he is
now used to the French plaster.
The best joint filler John has found is in the
picture below, this is relatively easy to use and sands well. Some that he used
were to hard, some to soft (wow I sound like Goldilocks and the 3 bears
porridge!) some also shrunk. But he was really happy with this one. we bought
it at Brico depot.
It is getting really exciting now the house is
finally coming together and starting to feel quite cosy
Hello Jenny
ReplyDeleteSorry to be a little late to your blog but only found it recently, it's been very interesting to follow your adventures.
We are looking to put plasterboard between the beams in our lounge to improve sound insulation to the bedrooms above. I was wondering how John fixes the plater board in place, does he fix timber battens to the side of the beams or does he have another method?
Bonne chance
Paul
Hi Paul, glad you are finding the blog useful. When John plasterboarded between the joists he attached wooden batons to the joists, and added insulation between the old floorboards and the new plasterboard. Good luck
Deletehe also used 600 wide plasterboards, cut shortways, there is more jointing and the plasterboard is slightly more expensive but it is much easier to do, no need for cross batons if the joists are less than 800 there was no need for cross batons
DeleteHi Jenny,
DeleteThank you for the information, I had thought that was the way to go but always good to have confirmation from someone who has actually done the work. This is one of the jobs on our list for next year if we can get enough time over at our house in Bourgogne.
I am looking forward to seeing the finished photos of both your houses.
Bonne chance
Paul