I'm going to be putting up a new ceiling in the bedroom next week. I'll be using 6 x 3 boards. I did one many years ago. Am I right in thinking they should run at rightangles to the joists and be put up staggered like bricks? The last time I used square edged boards and just filled the gaps with Polyfilla but now there are cracks at all the joins so this time I thought I'd use taper edge and use tape and filler to cover the gaps. What about where I have to cut the ends of the boards to meet at a joist though. I'm sure there aren't joists exactly 6ft apart. I'll just be painting afterwards so I can't really use tape over these gaps. Should I use screws or galvanised nails or doesn't it matter? Any other general tips or if anyone could point me in the direction of some kind of online guide. TIA John
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17 years ago