Hi, I am fixing wood gib ceiling battens. If I need to butt join some do I make the join over a rafter or beween the rafters? cheers
echoriath,
Dec 13, 9:45am
The joints should be on the rafters.
Is this a new ceiling, that is, is there no gib up at all? If you're starting from scratch, it pays to use a laser level or stringline, or at least a straight edge.
If you are patching, and had to have a floating joint, you could back block with additional timber on top, maybe even a dwang from rafter to rafter if you can reach.
survivalkiwi,
Dec 13, 1:44pm
read the gib guide.
echoriath,
Dec 13, 2:01pm
Read the instructions?!? Well, now, that's just crazy talk!
golfaholic2,
Dec 13, 2:34pm
No Kiwi males reads instructions ! . it just aint done
gabbysnana,
Dec 13, 3:32pm
the bit about between the rafters has me going wtf.
underconstructy,
Dec 13, 3:41pm
Yeah, i don't get it either.
echoriath,
Dec 13, 4:00pm
The battens run perpendicular to the rafters/trusses. The joins in the battens need to be on the rafters/trusses to ensure the gib does not sag at the batten butt joins, which is what will happen if the joins are between the rafters/trusses because then they are not supported. If a dwang were run from rafter to rafter above the join, that would solve the problem, but battens are generally cheaper than 3x2 or 4x2.
ETA: The bigger issue may be that if they are doing an entire new ceiling anywhere in the living space of the house (so we're not counting garages)., rafters and bottom chords of trusses are not normally very straight. If OP wants a decent-looking ceiling, it's important to get an even/flat plane along the bottom of the battens.
newtec1,
Jul 8, 4:53am
Simple,if you need to join between trusses just use another piece on top of the batten cut betwen the trusses as a backing and nail the battens to it.Probably stronger then a single batten.
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