I have removed tiles from my bathroom and the plasterboard has come away revealing a wall with cardboard studs, the plasterboard is stuck to these. It is not the egg box style. I do not want to disturb other rooms in the house on the other side. Would it be practical to replace the cardboard with wooden studs to top and bottom plate, board bathroom side then screw plasterboard on the other side directly to these or do you think both sides need to come down and start again?
fixing plasterboard wall with cardoard studs
- Thread starter stevee12
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Hi Stevee and welcome to the forum. I've seen the egg box boards, (paramount boards) but never seen the type you mention, with the cardboard studs. Maybe some of the other guys on here can help. If you can upload a photo on here it'll give us a better idea of what it's about.
Thanks, I have added a photo, the cardboards are spaced about 20cm's edge to edge, so was thinking of replacing with wooden studs. by removing the cardboard this will weaken the other side so would think I will need to screw that side to the studs to keep it stable. If this is can be done?
What you suggest seems a pretty good idea. Fit timber battens where the cardboard was, then fix new plasterboard to them. As you say, you'll need to screw the otherside of the wall too, and that'll mean filling in the screwheads with a bit of filler, but that's no big deal. Yeh,, i'd do it your way too. Much better than the upheavel of tearing it all out.
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