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screw spacing in ceiling sheetrock xrongor 08-02-2005
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Posted by xrongor on August 2, 2005, 5:09 am


hey all

im hanging 4' x 8' x 5/8" firex type drywall on my garage ceiling and plan
to pump in 8-10" (max) of loose insulation on top of it.

rafters are 24" apart. am i good with 12" screw spacing to hold this up?
for a 4x8 sheet this basically puts 5 screws across the width, every 2'. or
25 screws for a whole board.

everything ive read seems to point to 12" spacing, and ive been told it
meets code. i just want to make sure before i pump the stuff in and watch
my ceiling fall due to the weight.

thx
randy




Posted by xrongor on August 2, 2005, 5:39 am


i forgot to mention. all butt joints have screws spaced at about 8" so
theres a few more than 25 screws per board right now...

thx
randy

> hey all
>
> im hanging 4' x 8' x 5/8" firex type drywall on my garage ceiling and plan
> to pump in 8-10" (max) of loose insulation on top of it.
>
> rafters are 24" apart. am i good with 12" screw spacing to hold this up?
> for a 4x8 sheet this basically puts 5 screws across the width, every 2'.
> or 25 screws for a whole board.
>
> everything ive read seems to point to 12" spacing, and ive been told it
> meets code. i just want to make sure before i pump the stuff in and watch
> my ceiling fall due to the weight.
>
> thx
> randy
>




Posted by G Henslee on August 2, 2005, 8:01 am


xrongor wrote:
> hey all
>
> im hanging 4' x 8' x 5/8" firex type drywall on my garage ceiling and plan
> to pump in 8-10" (max) of loose insulation on top of it.
>
> rafters are 24" apart. am i good with 12" screw spacing to hold this up?
> for a 4x8 sheet this basically puts 5 screws across the width, every 2'. or
> 25 screws for a whole board.
>
> everything ive read seems to point to 12" spacing, and ive been told it
> meets code. i just want to make sure before i pump the stuff in and watch
> my ceiling fall due to the weight.
>
> thx
> randy
>
>

I always double screw. In other words I put two screws about 2" apart
every 12" or so.


Posted by xrongor on August 2, 2005, 9:26 am



> xrongor wrote:
>> hey all
>>
>> im hanging 4' x 8' x 5/8" firex type drywall on my garage ceiling and
>> plan to pump in 8-10" (max) of loose insulation on top of it.
>>
>> rafters are 24" apart. am i good with 12" screw spacing to hold this up?
>> for a 4x8 sheet this basically puts 5 screws across the width, every 2'.
>> or 25 screws for a whole board.
>>
>> everything ive read seems to point to 12" spacing, and ive been told it
>> meets code. i just want to make sure before i pump the stuff in and
>> watch my ceiling fall due to the weight.
>>
>> thx
>> randy
>
> I always double screw. In other words I put two screws about 2" apart
> every 12" or so.

sure, i could overkill it.

but is 12" centers 'enough'?

randy




Posted by G Henslee on August 2, 2005, 8:44 am


xrongor wrote:
>
>>xrongor wrote:
>>
>>>hey all
>>>
>>>im hanging 4' x 8' x 5/8" firex type drywall on my garage ceiling and
>>>plan to pump in 8-10" (max) of loose insulation on top of it.
>>>
>>>rafters are 24" apart. am i good with 12" screw spacing to hold this up?
>>>for a 4x8 sheet this basically puts 5 screws across the width, every 2'.
>>>or 25 screws for a whole board.
>>>
>>>everything ive read seems to point to 12" spacing, and ive been told it
>>>meets code. i just want to make sure before i pump the stuff in and
>>>watch my ceiling fall due to the weight.
>>>
>>>thx
>>>randy
>>
>>I always double screw. In other words I put two screws about 2" apart
>>every 12" or so.
>
>
> sure, i could overkill it.
>
> but is 12" centers 'enough'?
>
> randy
>
>

It's not overkill to scores of professionals.


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