one for the builders/diy-ers

[sadlonelygit]

i'm replacing the ceiling in my garage. the stuff i'm ripping out is about 6mm thick and about 30yo.
anyone know what it is and what i should be replacing it with?
roof is all timber with a good felt covering so no moisture issues.
want it done as cheaply as possible as the house is sold and have agreed to replace ceiling before moving out.

TIA

[BBROWN1664]

Most garages don't have ceilings in.
If it is just a timber joist structure above it with a felt roof, there's no need for any fireproofing. Go with bog standard plasterboard.

[fazersharp]

Got any pictures, plasterboard is 9mm and 12mm thick now.

[chris.biker]

Hope the stuff is not asbestos.

[fazersharp]

Hope the stuff is not asbestos.

That's what I am thinking

[BBROWN1664]

There is a fireproof fibreboard that it could be too. That comes in 6mm.

[sadlonelygit]

the clue would be 30yo. asbestos was known about then. i'm pleasantly surprised it took at least 3 posts before anyone mentioned it
6 sheets of 8x4 it is then!

[BBROWN1664]

It was the fact that you mentioned it was 30yr old stopped me from mentioning it

[robbo]

My garage was built 32 years ago and the ceiling is just regular plasterboard. However when I wanted to cut an access hatch in it to make use of the roof space above for storing junk, the local council specified an asbestos substitute (maybe  Asbestolux) as a  covering for the trapdoor as it needed to be fire retardant. New builds in the early 80's were well aware of  asbestos related problems.

[fazersharp]

My garage was built 32 years ago and the ceiling is just regular plasterboard. However when I wanted to cut an access hatch in it to make use of the roof space above for storing junk, the local council specified an asbestos substitute (maybe  Asbestolux) as a  covering for the trapdoor as it needed to be fire retardant. New builds in the early 80's were well aware of  asbestos related problems.

Another reg for fire proof is 2 sheets (2 layers ) of 12mm plasterboard or 1 layer of fire plasterboard which is a pink colour - red - as in fire.

[J_Dub]

Brown and blue asbestos were banned in the mid 1980's. White asbestos wasn't banned in the UK until 1999. Any building built before 2000 could have asbestos in it. One of the many uses of white asbestos was used for manufacturing ceiling boards.