here you go.. lets hear it lol...

[Colour Republic]

ive never seen cross bonding of plasterboard in houses....

really? You've never seen plasterboard staggered in a house before?

i assume you're going to say because every house you've even been in has 2.4m ceiling height and the boards are just butted vertically. BTW horizontal laying of plasterboard on walls is stronger than vertical but that isn't done very much because vertical is much quicker. But even with a ceiling height of 2.4m... How where the ceilings done then?

Regardless thread is now way off track.

 

[White Room]

ive never seen cross bonding of plasterboard in houses....

Boarded ceilings have....

 

[ian158]

I can see it on long run if your laying the boards in landscape but never portrait...is it written now that plaster board has to be brick bond now..or advisable..i mean how many houses have huge cracks down them..im thinking if its dot and dab where contact is direct onto brick/block wall but not on metal stud...ill be honest i never knew you had to brick bond hardi...although biggest ive done is 4 sq mt on floor...will do from now on..opps !

 

[ian158]

Boarded ceilings have....

yes thats true im guessing with the deflection on floor above adds to its strength but why not walls on stud ?...

 

[Dan s]

My plasterer says always cross bond plasterboard especially ceilings

 

[ian158]

just make the blooming floors stronger and do away with deflection !..

 

[White Room]

My plasterer says always cross bond plasterboard especially ceilings

As far as I can remember never seen walls cross bonded, dot and dab walls ar'nt either.....

 

[Dan s]

We just had a job and one wall was huge 30sqm all the boards were staggered on that

 

[White Room]

We just had a job and one wall was huge 30sqm all the boards were staggered on that

Was it screwed or dot and dabbed....

 

[ian158]

Anyway back on topic..sorry tea-bag...is this a council house? where the walls out ?..Alistar needs to eat humble pie on the hardie....but that plumbing...got to be council work..awful ?..that should have been looked at...ok good effort...no bodies perfect but setting out and good prep is a must...and then theres getting the trim nice and tight...you aint gunner win any prizes but just practice if you can..cheap tiles but try not to practice too much on peoples houses...some peoples stds are less than others so you might get away with it but ive seen some awful DIY jobs.you tried your best..its not pro stds but if your passionate about it dont let some of the comments dishearten you...its bloody hard work !