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The BoardMate supports the plasterboard in position before it's screwed into place.
The BoardMate supports the plasterboard in position before it’s screwed into place.
Boards are left lightly butted as specified by industry.
Sold as a pair.
150mm x 85mm
Using the Slot Feature
Release Screw
Slide Across
Remove BoardMate
Use on Sloped Walls/Ceilings & High Walls
Ceilings
Sloped Walls
High Walls
Gail Seitz
2025-09-03 13:22:54
We had a barn style ceiling and wanted to panel it instead of dry walling it. We bought 3 sets to manage 4'x8' panels. They worked really well to hold them in place so we could glue and nail with just the two of us
Pat Leuzzi
2025-09-02 14:00:04
I read some of the reviews posted and some of the negative feedback that was given. Some things I agree with like made out of aluminum but I would not trust just two on an angled wall and no way on an eight foot full sheet on a ceiling. I was by myself and since I would not have made it upstairs with a 4 x 8 sheet I cut sheets for vertical install and installed with butted tapered edges. If I could have carried full sheet upstairs I would not find it necessary to put these on a beam for the first sheet laying them vertical but the second would be fine to use them. They worked great for installing sheets on angled walls. You could also put small scrap pieces of sheet rock on the beams then screw these in to that so they would be flat on the wall. An improvement to them would be a slightly longer lip on the front part and have a small part of the front dipped/curved slightly down at an angle. Putting up an eight foot sheet by yourself the sheet bows slightly at the ends and that would make it easier to grab those things for install.
dick
2025-08-26 16:19:30
Was just the thing to hang a piece of fire rated ceiling drywall in a garage. Don't know that I'd have felt comfortable using it for a full board because of its limited attachment to framing and relatively small support surface, but for hanging a more than 1/2 board patch working solo it did what was needed. Could have cobbled together a 2x substitute, but the price of these pays for the saved labor.
Customer
2025-08-23 11:15:26
Seemed like a good product, I'm a drywall contractor and bought this to help on 5/8" garage drywall and had a lot of trouble with them. Didn't use them for 1/2" drywall because it's easier without this. I think if you're new to hanging drywall this product can help sustain it for you in the ceiling and take stress off your back, but all in all didn't seemed to work well for me.
DrywallNinja8179
2025-08-17 14:13:56
These beautiful, simple pieces of plastic are a lifesaver. This is one of the 2 most valuable tools to have when hanging drywall, especially for high, angled ceilings. The other being a heavy-duty, chain-driven board lift with the optional (but is actually not an option to not have, IMO) board-lifting attachment for loading the board onto the rack. I'm currently working on a house with 2 14'+ angled ceiling rooms with exposed wooden beams about 3-4 ft from the peak and about 6-8 ft apart. Not a lot of room for more than one person to work and I got stuck hanging both except for the first row on the bottoms which we usually do with at least 2 people just to make sure that the boards went on straight using a board lift (can be a nightmare depending on the angle of the ceiling, lift or no lift). I bought 2 sets of these (my brother/boss also bought a set) several years ago and almost forgot I had them. We couldn't easily use the lift as most of the board had be to cut into smaller than usual pieces and would have been more trouble than was necessary especially at the peak where we would have had to use the mast extension and STLL not be tall enough, they made the work so much easier because they remove the need for requiring a 2nd set of hands as long as the boards are not cut too big for more than one person to handle. I only have 2 issues with them:1. If you screw them on too tight they can cause you to have a small gap in the seam which could cause problems later when finishing. I found that if you screw them on just enough so that they don't spin around freely while you're trying to get a board in place, they won't cause you to have any gaps.2. It wouldn't hurt if they were made just a little thicker because sometimes they look like they're about to break when trying to support 12'x4'x1/2" or, even worse, the weight of 12'x4'x5/8" board. Yeah, it wouldn't be difficult to make some yourself since all it takes is a couple small blocks of wood, but it takes longer screws to put wood blocks up and wood can break after excessive use and longer screws suck. It would be nice if they could be made out of metal, but they would cost more. I think it would be worth it. The plastic ones paid for themselves the first time we used them and we saved a ton of energy which we would have expended faster by fighting with hanging ceiling board by hand (without the lift).P. S.Cable-driven board lifts SUCK. ðŸ˜
N Speidell
2025-08-13 21:15:33
These make ceilings achievable. Very easy with these
Gail Seitz
2025-08-07 15:54:35
We had a barn style ceiling and wanted to panel it instead of dry walling it. We bought 3 sets to manage 4'x8' panels. They worked really well to hold them in place so we could glue and nail with just the two of us
Pat Leuzzi
2025-07-23 15:52:58
I read some of the reviews posted and some of the negative feedback that was given. Some things I agree with like made out of aluminum but I would not trust just two on an angled wall and no way on an eight foot full sheet on a ceiling. I was by myself and since I would not have made it upstairs with a 4 x 8 sheet I cut sheets for vertical install and installed with butted tapered edges. If I could have carried full sheet upstairs I would not find it necessary to put these on a beam for the first sheet laying them vertical but the second would be fine to use them. They worked great for installing sheets on angled walls. You could also put small scrap pieces of sheet rock on the beams then screw these in to that so they would be flat on the wall. An improvement to them would be a slightly longer lip on the front part and have a small part of the front dipped/curved slightly down at an angle. Putting up an eight foot sheet by yourself the sheet bows slightly at the ends and that would make it easier to grab those things for install.
dick
2025-07-10 16:29:46
Was just the thing to hang a piece of fire rated ceiling drywall in a garage. Don't know that I'd have felt comfortable using it for a full board because of its limited attachment to framing and relatively small support surface, but for hanging a more than 1/2 board patch working solo it did what was needed. Could have cobbled together a 2x substitute, but the price of these pays for the saved labor.
Customer
2025-06-28 21:37:13
Seemed like a good product, I'm a drywall contractor and bought this to help on 5/8" garage drywall and had a lot of trouble with them. Didn't use them for 1/2" drywall because it's easier without this. I think if you're new to hanging drywall this product can help sustain it for you in the ceiling and take stress off your back, but all in all didn't seemed to work well for me.
DrywallNinja8179
2025-06-20 13:10:26
These beautiful, simple pieces of plastic are a lifesaver. This is one of the 2 most valuable tools to have when hanging drywall, especially for high, angled ceilings. The other being a heavy-duty, chain-driven board lift with the optional (but is actually not an option to not have, IMO) board-lifting attachment for loading the board onto the rack. I'm currently working on a house with 2 14'+ angled ceiling rooms with exposed wooden beams about 3-4 ft from the peak and about 6-8 ft apart. Not a lot of room for more than one person to work and I got stuck hanging both except for the first row on the bottoms which we usually do with at least 2 people just to make sure that the boards went on straight using a board lift (can be a nightmare depending on the angle of the ceiling, lift or no lift). I bought 2 sets of these (my brother/boss also bought a set) several years ago and almost forgot I had them. We couldn't easily use the lift as most of the board had be to cut into smaller than usual pieces and would have been more trouble than was necessary especially at the peak where we would have had to use the mast extension and STLL not be tall enough, they made the work so much easier because they remove the need for requiring a 2nd set of hands as long as the boards are not cut too big for more than one person to handle. I only have 2 issues with them:1. If you screw them on too tight they can cause you to have a small gap in the seam which could cause problems later when finishing. I found that if you screw them on just enough so that they don't spin around freely while you're trying to get a board in place, they won't cause you to have any gaps.2. It wouldn't hurt if they were made just a little thicker because sometimes they look like they're about to break when trying to support 12'x4'x1/2" or, even worse, the weight of 12'x4'x5/8" board. Yeah, it wouldn't be difficult to make some yourself since all it takes is a couple small blocks of wood, but it takes longer screws to put wood blocks up and wood can break after excessive use and longer screws suck. It would be nice if they could be made out of metal, but they would cost more. I think it would be worth it. The plastic ones paid for themselves the first time we used them and we saved a ton of energy which we would have expended faster by fighting with hanging ceiling board by hand (without the lift).P. S.Cable-driven board lifts SUCK. ðŸ˜
N Speidell
2025-05-21 17:03:43
These make ceilings achievable. Very easy with these
Mike Weldon
2025-05-16 10:56:13
They do work well holding the sheet so it can be secured. Used them to install cieling by myself, but cut the sheets into 4'x4' because I felt it to dangerous and difficult for one person to do full sheets. It's not easy to get the sheets positioned properly without some force, easier with 1/2 sheets.
Mario
2025-05-14 14:18:44
Nice for small jobs
Fred's Creek
2025-05-12 13:52:24
Works as expected. A helping hand.
Campello
2025-04-22 17:05:39
Produit simple à utiliser, efficace.Je recommande
Mario
2025-04-16 13:05:06
Davvero utili per fare controsoffitti in cartongesso quando non c'è la possibilità di poter usarel alzalastre
daue michel
2025-04-14 14:08:18
fait tres bien son job
serafi
2025-04-01 14:22:13
Bueno
Mike Weldon
2025-03-19 15:31:37
They do work well holding the sheet so it can be secured. Used them to install cieling by myself, but cut the sheets into 4'x4' because I felt it to dangerous and difficult for one person to do full sheets. It's not easy to get the sheets positioned properly without some force, easier with 1/2 sheets.
Mario
2025-03-16 14:36:26
Nice for small jobs
Fred's Creek
2025-03-07 11:32:59
Works as expected. A helping hand.
Campello
2025-03-03 12:30:42
Produit simple à utiliser, efficace.Je recommande
Mario
2025-02-21 12:54:58
Davvero utili per fare controsoffitti in cartongesso quando non c'è la possibilità di poter usarel alzalastre
daue michel
2025-02-19 20:19:53
fait tres bien son job
serafi
2025-02-16 11:59:26
Bueno
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