Hi all,
Sorry for yet another numb question
I am doing some work with a friend on his bathroom, it is an 1850@'s build and a lot of the work is of a pretty poor standard.
We have decided to put a shower in one corner but as there was so much flex in the plaster board (stud batten) and a 40mm difference between the top & bottom (leaning out) we decided to rip it all off and start again. Three of the walls are external, now I need to know what is the best way forward, I have used dot n dab with 19mm plasterboard planks in the past which were a joy to use but I am not sure that they will be ideal in this situation, would I be better with 12.5mm foil backed instead. And I take it if I do use 12.5mm foil backed then I will be unable to use dot n dab and must use battens. If I did use dot n dab what do you think would be the maximum thickness of adhesive I could use to take up some of the difference in the plumb of the wall?
Out of interest the back wall was 40mm out of plumb because somebody capped off a steel pipe and left it a foot out of the floor (still connected to the main but that's another thread!) If I am able to get rid of the pipe it will mean I will be about plumb. I should also say that there is no damp on the walls, (apart from where I undid the blanking plug on the steel pipe ) So glad I didn't use my angle grinder!
Thanks for your time!
Sorry for yet another numb question
I am doing some work with a friend on his bathroom, it is an 1850@'s build and a lot of the work is of a pretty poor standard.
We have decided to put a shower in one corner but as there was so much flex in the plaster board (stud batten) and a 40mm difference between the top & bottom (leaning out) we decided to rip it all off and start again. Three of the walls are external, now I need to know what is the best way forward, I have used dot n dab with 19mm plasterboard planks in the past which were a joy to use but I am not sure that they will be ideal in this situation, would I be better with 12.5mm foil backed instead. And I take it if I do use 12.5mm foil backed then I will be unable to use dot n dab and must use battens. If I did use dot n dab what do you think would be the maximum thickness of adhesive I could use to take up some of the difference in the plumb of the wall?
Out of interest the back wall was 40mm out of plumb because somebody capped off a steel pipe and left it a foot out of the floor (still connected to the main but that's another thread!) If I am able to get rid of the pipe it will mean I will be about plumb. I should also say that there is no damp on the walls, (apart from where I undid the blanking plug on the steel pipe
) So glad I didn't use my angle grinder!Thanks for your time!
