I screwd up an area of my ceiling and now I am having to repair it.
I went and got a piece of drywall to repair the area.
I thought I had read somewhere if the joist are 24" on center then
the ceiling by code has to have 5/8" thick drywall.
It sounded logical to me. since our joist are 24" on center I automatically got 5/8" drywall without
even checking how thick the drywall is on our ceiling.
Well guess what I had to go back and get the 1/2" thick
drywall.
Did the builders use the wrong thickness or what.
The house was built in 1974.
Thanks Doug
I went and got a piece of drywall to repair the area.
I thought I had read somewhere if the joist are 24" on center then
the ceiling by code has to have 5/8" thick drywall.
It sounded logical to me. since our joist are 24" on center I automatically got 5/8" drywall without
even checking how thick the drywall is on our ceiling.
Well guess what I had to go back and get the 1/2" thick
drywall.
Did the builders use the wrong thickness or what.
The house was built in 1974.
Thanks Doug