Fixing plasterboard

[CC45]

Hi all,

 

Just started fixing some plasterboards - been using up some screws I had to hand - fine threaded plasterboard screws.  Need to buy some now - been suggested to me that I should use the course threaded ones - does anyone have any advice / preference?

 

Thanks

[Simplysimon]

as long as they're collated i wouldn't care

[nod]

21 minutes ago, CC45 said:

Hi all,

 

Just started fixing some plasterboards - been using up some screws I had to hand - fine threaded plasterboard screws.  Need to buy some now - been suggested to me that I should use the course threaded ones - does anyone have any advice / preference?

 

Thanks

 

12 minutes ago, Simplysimon said:

as long as they're collated i wouldn't care

Course for wood fine for metal

[MikeSharp01]

2 hours ago, Simplysimon said:

as long as they're collated i wouldn't care

of Coarse - course is faster, fewer turns to drive them in - 40% quicker and if collated you can bang through a box of collated screws in a few hours!

 

 

[CC45]

Sounds as if course is the way forward then.  Prob loose since Ive not got a tool that deals with collated screws!

 

Thanks

[curlewhouse]

I just bought gypocks own specific plasterboard screws. Not very expensive and do the job perfectly. They are coated presumably to avoid any future corrosion staining risk.

[Onoff]

Lidls.

[Luckylad]

If you are not using collated,then I recommend you get silver coloured plasterboard screws because the black ones can give you tiny metal splinters 

[Nickfromwales]

Yup. Their a real pita. . Just tip a box onto a clean surface and see what'll end up in your fingertips . 

[ProDave]

But if they re collated screws in a screw gun, why are your fingers near them?

 

Definitely a hazard when manually screwing. If so hold the screwdriver bit to steady things, not the screw.

[Nickfromwales]

Just now, ProDave said:

But if they re collated screws in a screw gun, why are your fingers near them?

 

1 hour ago, Luckylad said:

If you are not using collated,then....

 

[Luckylad]

If they're not collated,you have to pick them up out of the box/ pouch and put them on the drywall bit.

If you're not using one already make sure you use a depth gauge bit for your drywall driver.

 

I just tried to load an image in here of one but failed !

[Nickfromwales]

1 hour ago, Luckylad said:

If they're not collated,you have to pick them up out of the box/ pouch and put them on the drywall bit.

If you're not using one already make sure you use a depth gauge bit for your drywall driver.

 

I just tried to load an image in here of one but failed !

Save the image to your device first, then click the 'click to choose file' button. . 

You cant paste an image in afaik. 

Allow me ?

[Luckylad]

Thanks that worked. This is what I tried to upload.