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   BossHog | May 18, 2004 02:39pm | #1

   The general rule of thumb is 1/2" drywall on ceilings if the supports are 16" O.C. So you're probably O.K.

   Two things come to mind, though. If the plaster isn't in good shape, it could come loose and sit on top of the drywall. If your screws don't go into the framing members the drywall could sag with the plaster.

   You're also adding some dead weight to the framing members. If they're undersized it may cause them to sag. Kind hard to say, since we don't know what you're dealing with.

   Psychiatrists say that mental illness affects one out of four people. Check three friends. If they're OK, you're it.

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   FastEddie1 | May 18, 2004 03:26pm | #2

   Psychiatrists say that mental illness affects one out of four people. Check three friends. If they're OK, you're it.  Does it matter if you check three of your alter-ego's?Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!"  Then get busy and find out how to do it.  T. Roosevelt

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   BossHog | May 18, 2004 04:04pm | #3

   "Does it matter if you check three of your alter-ego's?"

   Only if you talk to them.You bring new kinds of emotional disturbances to mental illnesses.

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   CapnMac | May 18, 2004 04:46pm | #4

   Only if you talk to them.

   And really only if you consistently lose all the arguments . . . Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

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   alwaysoverbudget | May 19, 2004 05:58am | #5

   help i've been hijacked,lol larry

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   JeffBuck | May 19, 2004 06:18am | #6

   you'll be fine ...

   rent a lift.

   find the joists ... drill test holes till ya strike gold ... then chalk line .... then layout on the face of the board .... then lift.

   1/4" rock is even lighter.

   Jeff

   Buck Construction, llc   Pittsburgh,PA

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