Boarding

[crispy_wafer]

So the last couple of days I've been busy launching some more plasterboard at the walls.

 

One section slipped when on the packer and caused a gap to open at the board joint, can this be fixed at plaster time, or am I screwed and need to do this again?

 

Another question, whilst I'm happy 'ish boarding a small section of wall with a couple of boards, if I mess up and it tapers towards the wall slightly but still flat it's not the end of the world. However over a long run of 5/6 boards I cannot have this happen as I'll end up with a zigzag run of boards.  I'm in need of a tutorial or some tips to stop this happening please.

 

 

On the plus side, it doesn't sound hollow with all this stuff sticking it to the wall!  Trouble is, a bag of powder doesn't go very far 

 

[Nickfromwales]

Plasterer will scrim over that and just flick a bit of skim into that joint before laying on. 
 

Chillax. All good 👍. 
 

You deserve a medal for that D&D work too, last company I saw D&D’ing were using about 6 dabs per board….. just truly shocking standards. 

[Russell griffiths]

With your wall that has 5-6 boards on it, I’m afraid you need to get faster and level up all the boards at once. 
so a two bag mix in a big tub, get all your dabs on fast, then slap the bards up and use a 3m straight edge to level all boards into each other at the same time, also plumbing them as well. 
you won’t need to go to the gym that night. 

[AdamSee]

Nice work with the adhesive, it uses alot, but thats the proper way to do it. I see you've also used soundcoat as a parge coating by the looks of things. Another proper job there.

 

To get a long run of boards in line. My method is to put a chalk line on the floor, roughly 25 or 30mm away from the wall. When standing in front of the board, look down and that line should be parallel to the board face. Don't worry if it's ahead of behind the board line. Just ensure it parallel.

 

Check for high / low spots and general plumb of the walls to avoid any nasty surprises. Particular in the top corners. 

 

For the gap in-between the boards, I would chuck some bonding coat in there, rather than leaving it for the plasters to deal with. Takes seconds to do, and makes for a more consistent plaster finish.

Edited Wednesday at 11:53 by AdamSee
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