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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[sandwicheater beat me to it, might as well make a permeant access hole. I&#039;d use something like this to cut the plasterboard.

Stop cutting when it gets hard, that&#039;s the joist.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[sandwicheater beat me to it, might as well make a permeant access hole. I'd use something like this to cut the plasterboard.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/forge-steel-7tpi-wood-drywall-pvc-jab-saw-6-3-160mm-/210ky

Stop cutting when it gets hard, that's the joist.

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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[If you&#039;re going to have pipe work up there, would you consider installing a hatch?

Either way, i&#039;d go for the a gap in-between a joists.

Maybe a nail/pipe finder like this to work out wher...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you're going to have pipe work up there, would you consider installing a hatch?

Either way, i'd go for the a gap in-between a joists.

Maybe a nail/pipe finder like this to work out where the joists are;

https://tinyurl.com/24umt3yd]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hot water pipes? Borrow/rent an IR camera make small hole* to confirm.
Thanks! I have an endoscope camera already but it&#039;s pretty useless for this sort of thing as the void is filled with in...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>Hot water pipes? Borrow/rent an IR camera make small hole* to confirm.</blockquote>
Thanks! I have an endoscope camera already but it's pretty useless for this sort of thing as the void is filled with insulation. The only solution seems to be to cut a hole and stuff my arm inside. To my annoyance I've cut three holes now and still not found the bloody pipe.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yeah, endoscope, before cutting big &#039;ole.

Really handy to have sometimes. Great for diy surgery on yourself too.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yeah, endoscope, before cutting big 'ole.

Really handy to have sometimes. Great for diy surgery on yourself too.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Top tip for cutting pieces out of plasterboard - make the cuts at an angle.  Then you don&#039;t need a batten behind it to re-fit - just a dab of polyfilla around the edge and push it in until i...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Top tip for cutting pieces out of plasterboard - make the cuts at an angle.  Then you don't need a batten behind it to re-fit - just a dab of polyfilla around the edge and push it in until it's flush. You can't push too far.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hot water pipes? Borrow/rent an IR camera make small hole* to confirm.

*In thebplasterbpard but not I repeat NOT the pipe.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hot water pipes? Borrow/rent an IR camera make small hole* to confirm.

*In thebplasterbpard but not I repeat NOT the pipe.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[If it&#039;s a big hole like the 300x300 you mention I would usually get two lengths of wood Say 500 long and fix them over the hole by screwing them through the plasterboard to hold them in plac...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[If it's a big hole like the 300x300 you mention I would usually get two lengths of wood Say 500 long and fix them over the hole by screwing them through the plasterboard to hold them in place then fixing the bit you just cut out to the wood I'd that makes sense

**Edit**  too slow at replying but same as above]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[If you&#039;re going to poke your head through it, you don&#039;t want a joist in the way. Aim for the gap.

You can fix battens to the plasterboard around the opening (on the top of the ceiling) usin...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you're going to poke your head through it, you don't want a joist in the way. Aim for the gap.

You can fix battens to the plasterboard around the opening (on the top of the ceiling) using one of the 'stick like ---' etc. builder's adhesives and when they're stuck, glue the piece removed back to them.



Or...

Endoscope.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[If your garage ceiling isn&#039;t painted then you should be able to work out where the edge of the sheets are.

Subsequently there will be joists/noggins there to support this, don&#039;t know if tha...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[If your garage ceiling isn't painted then you should be able to work out where the edge of the sheets are.

Subsequently there will be joists/noggins there to support this, don't know if that makes it any easier for you.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: DIY question - cutting into plasterboard ceiling</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I too would cut where I needed, rather than thread the needle between joist.
I mean, you are going to cut in and discover exactly where you need something to be is where the ceiling roses, a...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I too would cut where I needed, rather than thread the needle between joist.
I mean, you are going to cut in and discover exactly where you need something to be is where the ceiling roses, a couple of pipe junctions and a couple of noggins are anyway - such is The Law when it comes to any DIY.]]></content:encoded>
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