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hi, did do a search but nothing really what i needed.
doing some home renovation and our insulation board is around 5mm bigger than the cavity.
it's obviously expensive stuff for us at least, we've p'boarded one side so the excess is sticking out the other side. so when it comes to boarding this side, in a sense it is going to be floating, we will have to put the screws in less tight so the board doesn't bow/bend/break.
if enough screws are used, will the ''floating'' plasterboard be an issue? i.e. it'll be 5mm from the studs and flush to the insulation board.
if this is a big issue you suggest fixing, we could cut the insulation in the middle (to keep the foiled sides) and shave the excess off. but to saw through all that, is quite tiring and time consuming and obviously means we're cutting up some expensive insulation..
so my question is quite obvious, ''float'' the P'board and use more screws, or cut the insulation to fit, presuming we are not going to buy anything smaller etc.
many thanks. the room is dividing a hallway and bedroom. and will also be used between a bedroom and bathroom.
and obvioulsy i mean cut lengths ways, to remove some width, basically slicing it down the middle so we have 2x50mm and then shaving 3mm off each of the unfoiled sides and then sandwiching them together... yes the 'planner' in the family was a bit foolish..
OR.. would you suggest... getting some 10mm strips of wood and going over the stud wall, then the pboard then actually is flush to something round the edges and not pushed out by the insulation
cheers
doing some home renovation and our insulation board is around 5mm bigger than the cavity.
it's obviously expensive stuff for us at least, we've p'boarded one side so the excess is sticking out the other side. so when it comes to boarding this side, in a sense it is going to be floating, we will have to put the screws in less tight so the board doesn't bow/bend/break.
if enough screws are used, will the ''floating'' plasterboard be an issue? i.e. it'll be 5mm from the studs and flush to the insulation board.
if this is a big issue you suggest fixing, we could cut the insulation in the middle (to keep the foiled sides) and shave the excess off. but to saw through all that, is quite tiring and time consuming and obviously means we're cutting up some expensive insulation..
so my question is quite obvious, ''float'' the P'board and use more screws, or cut the insulation to fit, presuming we are not going to buy anything smaller etc.
many thanks. the room is dividing a hallway and bedroom. and will also be used between a bedroom and bathroom.
and obvioulsy i mean cut lengths ways, to remove some width, basically slicing it down the middle so we have 2x50mm and then shaving 3mm off each of the unfoiled sides and then sandwiching them together... yes the 'planner' in the family was a bit foolish..
OR.. would you suggest... getting some 10mm strips of wood and going over the stud wall, then the pboard then actually is flush to something round the edges and not pushed out by the insulation
cheers
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