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I'm having a go at this dry lining, and contrary to most advice I'm using Fermacell (all previous comments re Fermacell are spot on, I'm using 1200x1200 boards) I've been making all my mistakes in a walk-in wardrobe where they won't be easily seen and have now ventured into the spare room to see what more mistakes I can make in what will be a seldom seen room which leads to my question. We have inward opening windows. The airtight tape is fixed to the timber frame and wraps around onto the window frame by about 30mm. The gap between the internal reveal and the inward opening casement is about 50mm. It looks to me like it's going to be difficult to get into this space between the reveal and the inward opening casement on the hinge side. A bit of plywood packing first so that the Fermacell will hide the tape should do it but then how do I get the FST on to the Fermacell or, indeed, paint it, on that hinge side. Is there a simple way? Alternatively I guess I could line the reveal with timber that is finished prior to fitting? Easy to say...
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Hi I have Fermacell lining my plant room and garage. We weren't able to get hold of the special glue used between the boards in time to use it for the initial installation, so left a gap with the intention of back-filling it with Fermacell Jointing Compound. This is a resin-based plaster filler that is, presumably, stronger than standard plasterboard fillers. I'm having a devil of a time getting hold of this stuff at the moment. I'm now at the point where I'm considering using a standard plasterboard filler. I appreciate that the strength won't be as high as with the correct stuff, but these aren't mission critical areas, so I doubt that'll be an issue. Any thoughts about whether there are any issues using plasterboard jointing compounds with Fermacell? Assuming not, any suggestions about which jointing compound (or other product) to use to minimise the chance of cracking? Thanks as always.