Fixing stairs

[0Floz0]

Hey everyone

Maybe an easy one for a carpenter but a challenge for me. I’d posted on another thread about plasterboarding my stairs as they had been done terribly with mesh before. But this is more a question on the carpentry as I want to get that right before I plasterboard.

The stairs squeak and creak loads. So I’ll be doing the trick with the blocks on the back. It’s quite thin mdf on the risers so I may pad this out with some ply as well as the carpet grippers won’t stick to them otherwise.

What would you advise doing to the stairs to make them easier to plasterboard? Note I’m not doing wire mesh. I want to board it. So the challenge is getting the sides level so I can board over it.

Is there anything I can trim off the stairs to help that?

Thanks all

 

[blup]

Plasterboard is available that can be bent or curved. It’s then a question of adding battens to fix the boards to.

 

[0Floz0]

Plasterboard is available that can be bent or curved. It’s then a question of adding battens to fix the boards to.

Thanks. I haven’t heard of that before. Any tips on trimming the frame up? I’ll check out the plasterboard.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Traditionally this would have been done with mesh and then plastered but it could be done with bendy plasterboard but it probably still need to be skimmed, otherwise it would look like Kryten's head. Have a look on YouTube.

 

[blup]

Thanks. I haven’t heard of that before. Any tips on trimming the frame up? I’ll check out the plasterboard.

You can scribe it or pack it out, whichever best fits the time available and your skill sets

 

[0Floz0]

Traditionally this would have been done with mesh and then plastered but it could be done with bendy plasterboard but it probably still need to be skimmed, otherwise it would look like Kryten's head. Have a look on YouTube.

Yeah it was done with mesh before and it looked terrible. Krytens head would be an improvement. I’ve searched YouTube but they all seem to be pretty standard construction and this one seems a little unique.