Trying to "box in" steel columns and beams, and make the coverings as small as possible.
I insert noggins into the steel beams and then directly fix plasterboard strips onto these noggins.
But when I need to cover the flanges of those columns and beams, I was thinking of glueing a plasterboard strip directly onto the steel using "sticks like sh*t" which I have found it to be very strong and less flexible than CT1.
Alternatively I have been fixing 18mm ply over the flange with steel screws, and then I fix the plasterboard onto the ply on either side of the flange where I can put screws in without hitting the steel. But this results in a bigger and bulkier overall result especially on the sides of the beam.
So, can I simply glue (sticks like sh*t) strips of plasterboard onto the steel beams/columns and expect it to last?
I insert noggins into the steel beams and then directly fix plasterboard strips onto these noggins.
But when I need to cover the flanges of those columns and beams, I was thinking of glueing a plasterboard strip directly onto the steel using "sticks like sh*t" which I have found it to be very strong and less flexible than CT1.
Alternatively I have been fixing 18mm ply over the flange with steel screws, and then I fix the plasterboard onto the ply on either side of the flange where I can put screws in without hitting the steel. But this results in a bigger and bulkier overall result especially on the sides of the beam.
So, can I simply glue (sticks like sh*t) strips of plasterboard onto the steel beams/columns and expect it to last?