zeb Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Thought I'd spread the good news for those of you who are plasterboarding ceilings. They are available this week at Lidls, dirt cheap and worth their weight in gold, so hurry. I know....I bought some for my partner 4 years ago when I got fed up of being a human plasterboard prop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 You b****r. My husband and his mate are putting up the last piece of plasterboard on a 10ft high ceiling as we speak!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alane Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 How much is "dirt cheap"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I paid Euros 7.95 a pair last year verus 11 Euros each in Leroy Merlin but they sell out fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Not available this week in my Lidl, but I wait in hope.In the past I have borrowed a "Leve-Plaque" and it has been fantastic for working solo, a really well designed tool worth hiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legs_akimbo Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 You could knock up something even better out of 3x2. Known in the trade as a "Dead man" its nothing more than a length of 3x2 an inch shorter than finish floor to underside of the p.board with a further three foot of 4x2 nailed to the top to form a ....T add a couple of short diagonal braces to stop the top bit from moving and you have a great tool for throwing up 8 x 4's from dawn till dusk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montagrier Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 [quote user="legs_akimbo"]You could knock up something even better out of 3x2. Known in the trade as a "Dead man" its nothing more than a length of 3x2 an inch shorter than finish floor to underside of the p.board with a further three foot of 4x2 nailed to the top to form a ....T add a couple of short diagonal braces to stop the top bit from moving and you have a great tool for throwing up 8 x 4's from dawn till dusk.[/quote]Not so good on a sloping roof me thinks...monti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legs_akimbo Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 then perhaps theesehttp://www.drywall-emporium.com/Boardmate_webpage2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I've just had a look at the Boardmate video and the product does look useful. It's gone in my bookmarks for buying nearer the time.On the other hand, I was amazed that they used a professional VO on such an appalling script. Not quite Mr Cholmondley Warner, but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote user="zeb"]Thought I'd spread the good news for those of you who are plasterboarding ceilings. They are available this week at Lidls, dirt cheap and worth their weight in gold, so hurry. I know....I bought some for my partner 4 years ago when I got fed up of being a human plasterboard prop![/quote]Zeb, as Lidl offers are usually regional, can you say where you are based?Just want to know if it's worth driving there! We're in the first stages of an attic conversion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeb Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 Sorry, didn't realise that Lidl offers are regional. We are in Charente 16.They have a website www.lidl.fr so that you can keep track of offers at your local store. But you have to hurry as the goods are only there for a few days until the next promo is there. But things usually come around twice a year.The plasterboard props we use (from Lidl) are spring loaded on telescopic poles and lighter than a home-made one. They can also cope with sloping walls and ceilings.Apart from the concrete mixer (!) they have been my best buy since renovating!J.R. - at what working height can you use the leve-placo thingy? Our ceilings in the barn/sitting room slope up to seven metres. It was too scarey getting plasterboard up there so we used a product which many have used for high ceilings but last time I mentioned it on here I got slated (building regs - probably UK ones....are there French bulding regs on line?) so can't recommend it in public! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote user="zeb"]They have a website www.lidl.fr so that you can keep track of offers at your local store.[/quote]Yes I did look there, but without a specific postcode, it's near impossible to see what's on offer where!I have seen these at our local stores before, but I didn't need them then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 The Placo lifting jack which I was leant by local Reseau Pro lifted hapilly to 2.90 metres and had at least 1.5 metres in hand. I would visit a hire shop to check how hoigh they will go. They are on another plannet compared to deadmen. Two handed we put up 40 square metres in under 2 hours. No sweating, No Gordon Ramsey Vocab, No worries about taking off the last millimetre because you have got to take the sheets back down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Beats the h*ll out of my poor friend who stood for hours on an upside-down paint tin with a full-sized sheet of placo on her head while hubby did the said Ramsay impression. Deadwoman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 [quote user="Clair"][quote user="zeb"]They have a website www.lidl.fr so that you can keep track of offers at your local store.[/quote]Yes I did look there, but without a specific postcode, it's near impossible to see what's on offer where!I have seen these at our local stores before, but I didn't need them then![/quote]If you subscribe to the internet newsletter then it will tip you off as to the upcoming offers about a week earlier than the 'pub' on the till and show you your nearest branch.No placo props in either of my local stores (Argenton, (36) and Chateauroux (36)).paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 [quote user="Gyn_Paul"]If you subscribe to the internet newsletter then it will tip you off as to the upcoming offers about a week earlier than the 'pub' on the till and show you your nearest branch. paul[/quote]Been registered for ages, but you can't see what's on offer elsewhere without typing a postcode in...I always check the 3 shops in Brive (1¼ hr drive) just in case there's something worth going for when I'm there, but they tend to have the same offers in my local shop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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