Attention to detail

[nod]

I’ve just been to a job (Care Home)

One that we did the taping on but didn’t have anything to do with the framing or boarding We we’re apparently to expensive 

Cracks have appeared above each door frame 

A simple blame exercise The client is refusing to cough up the final payment until these cracks are remedied 

Ive stripped several of the boards off to find there isn’t any vertical stiffener 

A simple rip of plasterboard that reenforces the joint and stops it cracking 

Make sure your framers put these in 

[Dreadnaught]

By vertical stiffener, @nod, do you mean a timber batten inserted inside the floor-to-ceiling stud?

[nod]

1 hour ago, Dreadnaught said:

By vertical stiffener, @nod, do you mean a timber batten inserted inside the floor-to-ceiling stud?

You’ll need a timber in the door leg to fix your frame 

 

The stiffener is the tiny rip of plasterboard above the door head 

Simple but crucial 

[Dreadnaught]

Thanks @nod. Now I understand. Got it! Ingenious.

[nod]

3 hours ago, Dreadnaught said:

Thanks @nod. Now I understand. Got it! Ingenious.

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[Gus Potter]

Is the stud to the far right continuous between the floor and the top rail? If not that is the underlying problem.

 

Was also wondering if that should be detailed as a deflection head type arrangement?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2022 by Gus Potter