I have a steel beam that is within my first floor structure. The beam is actually bolted to two steel posts. So the beam disent sit on the wall. The steel posts sit on pad stones on the ground. The beam itself is within the floor and the joist sit within it. The idea being that I get a flush ceiling.
My question is how do I afix plasterboard to the steel? I understand I've either got to use double plasterboard or the fireproof pink paper faced plasterboard for building regs. I can cover the beam itself easy as I can just screw into the timber floor joists either side of it but where I'm stuck is how to cover the steel posts with plasterboard and box them in?
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My question is how do I afix plasterboard to the steel? I understand I've either got to use double plasterboard or the fireproof pink paper faced plasterboard for building regs. I can cover the beam itself easy as I can just screw into the timber floor joists either side of it but where I'm stuck is how to cover the steel posts with plasterboard and box them in?
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