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[James De]

I would find out both. The more information the better so you can get your bit right from the start it's those finishing bits around doors etc that make or break the finish of a job

I’m going by what they’ve used on the adjacent door which is 45mm wide architraves, plus the 5mm from the edge of the frame so I’ll leave a 50mm gap around the frame. I asked the owner of the house and she didn’t have a clue so I told her what I was doing and she said that’s fine.

 

[acaciaguy]

Brill

 

[Waluigi]

I would’ve trowelled the wall up, and used more screws/washers. Washers need tanking too if in a shower

 

[James De]

I would’ve trowelled the wall up, and used more screws/washers. Washers need tanking too if in a shower

Yeah I’ve tanked those and filled them with the ardex paste prior to painting it. I thought of trowelling the boards but thought the mechanical fixings would be ok.. now you’ve said that I don’t feel so confident ‍♂️

 

[Boggs]

What was the studwork spacing?

I think the recommended spacing is 300mm for 12mm boards of this type.

Could be wrong though.

 

[Waluigi]

You tank over the washers.

Screw wise, you have a 600mm Board with two fixing points at either end of the 600mm with no adhesive behind the board. Not very secure IMHO, especially with 6mm board.

Maybe it’s just me. I don’t do many overboarding jobs. I think the last time I did a wall I used HB, 6mm. Glued and screwed.

 

[acaciaguy]

Copied from another thread about Jackoboard

JACKOBOARD® Plano construction boards can be fixed to timber or metal stud frames using JACKOBOARD® 36mm diameter galvanised steel washers and appropriate screws. If the frame centres are 600mm apart then boards of at least 20mm thick should be used. Fastening points must be arranged as per figure 3 or 4. If the frames are at 300mm centres then 10 or 12,5mm thick boards can be used. Fastening points must be arranged as per figure 5 or 6.

As the boards are over plasterboard in this case I don’t know if the same recommendations apply

 

[acaciaguy]

You tank over the washers.

Screw wise, you have a 600mm Board with two fixing points at either end of the 600mm with no adhesive behind the board. Not very secure IMHO, especially with 6mm board.

Maybe it’s just me. I don’t do many overboarding jobs. I think the last time I did a wall I used HB, 6mm. Glued and screwed.

Do you tend to rip out plasterboard and replace with hb etc

 

[James De]

What was the studwork spacing?

I think the recommended spacing is 300mm for 12mm boards of this type.

Could be wrong though.

Was 400mm centres between studs

 

[acaciaguy]

How big are tiles? Weight etc