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"Tim S" wrote in message
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Hi,

I've decided to replace the dodgy bit of plasterboard sitting betwixt the
joists and the wall top.

Wall is single brick.

Do I just slide a woodent plank in onto the top of the wall (after
acro-propping the joists up a fraction and clearing out the PB) or do I
need to bed it on with something (bearing in mind the plate thickness is
about 12-15mm).

What would be a suitable material to use - is plain softwood OK?

Should I attempt to fix the joists to the plate (hard I realise as the
plate
is thin)?

This is a 3.6m section of wall.


Cheers

Tim

surely the joists are already on the wall top as the plasterboard would be
fitted afterwards

Ideally, in a world devoid of nobheads, I would agree.

the plasterboard would butt up to the wall before the wall was then
plastered

Unless of course the wall was added later in which case it would not be
load bearing and it would not matter if the joists touched it or not

Or am I missing something?

I think the only thing missing was the builder's braincell...

You may indeed say "surely", but if you look he

http://www.dionic.net/Alveston/Joist...g_0017_gb.html

and here

http://www.dionic.net/Alveston/Joist...g_0022_gb.html

you'll notice what seems to be a distinct absence of a plate. The wall
really is bang under the red writing in both photos.

The diagram at:

http://www.dionic.net/Alveston/Joist...tfloor_gb.html

show the bit in question, either side of area B

It's hard to tell if that section of the wall is "original" as the house has
been modified several times since 1950. However, it's clear from the
general structure that that section of wall is supposed to bear the joists.

The bit in the middle (definately original) is done right:

http://www.dionic.net/Alveston/Joist...g_0015_gb.html

Bloody weird isn't it... If they'd used a narrow strip of PB as a "plate"
I'd understand that, as an obvious bodge. Doing what they've done looks
harder than doing it right in the first place.

Cheers

Tim