Allan Mac wrote:
On 12 July, 19:52, "SantaUK" wrote:
A local joiner laughed when he saw my attempt at plasterboarding a
stud wall I put up. I went for "screw it everywhere" approach, and
it took more time and filler than I wanted!!!

Just the uprights

Allan,

That's not what the Clerk of the Works said when I was building schools way
back in the very early 70's and using plaster boards by the artic lorry
load - it was "nail it to all the studding" son that's what it's there for,
and stop farting about! He even made us fit all the noggins in a straight
line, forcing us to skew-nail every on of the b*****ds on (and there were
bloody hundreds - and all cut by hand) and put all the nails in evenly
spaced and in straight lines! And don't forget to be a bloody mind reader
and fit all the necessary noggins behind the boards for light fittings,
toilet flushes, wash hand basins etc, etc, etc.

At least we didn't have to fill all those bloody nail holes in!

Ah, those were the days! Do I miss 'em? Not flamin' likely - but it
certainly taught me a thing or two on cutting and fitting plasterboards.
LOL

Now as for your "just the uprights" - not a really good idea - and why go to
all that trouble of fitting noggins if you're not going to nail the boards
to them? But I suppose plasterboard walls do have a little more character
when they have the odd bouncy 'bows' between the uprights - as will happen
given the right (or wrong) conditions and/or poor fitting.

Cash