Fixing plasterboard - screw or nail?

[cmberry20]

I'm going to be putting up some plasterboard on to a partition wall.

I was just wondering, what's the 'prefered' method of fixing plasterboard on to a wooden frame. Screw or nail?

The issue I have is that I'm only putting up no more than 4 sheets of board & the screw packs come in packs of 1000! I wont need more than 50!

http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/fine-drywall/cat840594

So, would nails be a better alternative?

Cheers.

 

[Alastairreid]

Screws! you can get smaller packs in the sheds.

 

[IJWS15]

When I got some 200 in the shed were the same price as 1000 (Might have been 2000 - big box) from Toolstation.

 

[cmberry20]

Sorry for my stupidity - but "in the sheds" ???

 

[HERTS P&D]

Sheds = B & Q

Andy

 

[cmberry20]

Thats what I thought.

Never heard them call sheds though,

rip off merchants - yes.

 

[^woody^]

You'll need more than 50 - 200mm spacing

 

[SimonH2]

When I needed some I thought much the same - that's a lot of screws to buy. But they've slowly gone down and down and been useful for all sorts of jobs.