old brick walls are not straight or plumb

diyfromusa · 17 Nov 2008

How does one deal with insulating and dryliining walls that are not straight or plumb?

I heard that foil backed insulated (25mm insulation) plasterboard does not dot-and-dab well? Also these boards are amazingly expensive I'll need a more economic solution.

If I batten, the battens would presumably have a 1 inch gap or more as the walls are off by that much top to bottom.

Advice please?

^woody^ · 17 Nov 2008

Foil backed plasterboard is not insulating. Insulation backed plasterboard does not have foil, and is stuck on with special adhesive that does hold it.

You either dab it on, straight and plumb, or batten it out and plumb the battens with wedges

Symptoms · 17 Nov 2008

fromusa - make sure, if you use ^woody^'s wedges, to use 'opposing' wedges. That's 2 wedges with very slight slopes one on top of the other (the 69 position

); these are pushed together to 'take-up' the gap then fix the batten to the wall through the wedges (so they don't drop out). If you use a single wedge it'll tend to 'turn' the batten and maybe not allow a firm fix.

^woody^ · 17 Nov 2008

lol - I used the term wedges loosly. Actually I meant bits of hardboard and ply

Symptoms · 18 Nov 2008

^woody^ - yeh, I've also used my fair share of offcuts as 'packing' over the years ... works well. If fromusa has access to the appropriate tackle for bulk cutting, and he has a load of 'packing out' to do in all those 1" or more gaps, then I'd recommend the pair of wedges, indulging in the 'old 69' position, technique.

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