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[Great_scot_selfbuild]

@Russdl Thank you for this thread! Just read through the whole thing and it has completely changed my outlook on using Fermacell (I only started looking into this yesterday, trying to understand the process, work out costs etc.).

 

Whilst I wait for some plastering quotes to come back I was wondering about whether this would be a good DIY solution, but time is not on my side and I fear that we'd get part way through and end up getting some of it plastered anyway. Sharing your experience as you have has been invaluable.

 

I hope the end result worked out?

[Russdl]

All went well in the end. I know some on here have had a good experience with Fermacell, they are probably more experienced in that kind of thing. Me, as a rank amateur, struggled. 
 

Good luck with whatever you end up doing. 

[Nick Laslett]

@Great_scot_selfbuild, I loved using fermacell. But I knew I was going to do this part of the build myself. 
 

You are much better paying for professionals to do the dry lining and then get a plaster skim. 
 

If you don’t like how flimsy plasterboard is, just get the dry liners to put up OSB first. 
 

Like all good project management decisions, you can possibly save money going down the DIY route, but it will just take a lot more time. 

[Nick Laslett]

Here a some of my fermacell bookmarks from when I was doing my original research. 
 

https://roselea.co.uk/2022/09/16/fermacell-and-plasterboards-arrives/
 

http://drubbard.blogspot.com/2015/05/boarding-walls-first-floor.html
 

http://drubbard.blogspot.com/2016/02/jointing-walls-and-ceilings.html
 

https://victorianhouseproject.blogspot.com/2016/01/fermacell-gypsum-fibre-boards-and-where.html