I could buy some clout nails to do this - but I think of nailing as wrong when I could screw something (careful !)
Advice please - pros and cons of both ?
Advice please - pros and cons of both ?
Screw or nail plasterboard to wooden battens
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Plasterboard screws are brilliant. Very sharp so easy to use, pull themselves just below the surface without tearing the paper and don't rust. I wrote the Lafarge plasterboard Select programme a few years back and don't remember nails being mentioned in it.
Dont use an impact driver to set screws in p/b - totally the wrong power tool.
Depending on how many screws are needed then you might be best doing it by hand or using a drill set at low speed to set the screw heads just proud of the board, and finish sinking them into the paper by hand.
Practice a little first and then do what you feel comfortable with.
Depending on how many screws are needed then you might be best doing it by hand or using a drill set at low speed to set the screw heads just proud of the board, and finish sinking them into the paper by hand.
Practice a little first and then do what you feel comfortable with.
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Wrong.
Professional drywaller hangers use Auto feed screwdrivers, builders & carpenters use cordless screwdrivers - power tools that can be set once and used all day without adjusting the calibration - but i've never seen anyone using an impact driver to set drywall.
Its also totally the wrong tool to recommend to a DIY'er who could end up splitting the paper, leaving the screw head proud or creating vibration with knock-on effects.
Obviously, trolls and characters who hang around google might be inclined to use one.
Professional drywaller hangers use Auto feed screwdrivers, builders & carpenters use cordless screwdrivers - power tools that can be set once and used all day without adjusting the calibration - but i've never seen anyone using an impact driver to set drywall.
Its also totally the wrong tool to recommend to a DIY'er who could end up splitting the paper, leaving the screw head proud or creating vibration with knock-on effects.
Obviously, trolls and characters who hang around google might be inclined to use one.
There are more people in the UK that have nailed plasterboards than have screwed ones.
I remember being delighted when board screws first became popular but not nearly as excited as when I got my first cordless screwdriver!
Screws are particularly superior when fixing boards to flimsy battens, i.e. those that bounce. Those older tradesmen amongst us will remember trying to wallop a clout into some boxing-in, only to ruin the board as the whole thing shook and bounced.
I remember being delighted when board screws first became popular but not nearly as excited as when I got my first cordless screwdriver!
Screws are particularly superior when fixing boards to flimsy battens, i.e. those that bounce. Those older tradesmen amongst us will remember trying to wallop a clout into some boxing-in, only to ruin the board as the whole thing shook and bounced.
Thing is, for professionals nailing is far too slow, of course. But for a bit of p/board i'd simply nail it on, dimpling the nail head just below the surface as "rockers" did for many years before the switch to screws.
Nail pop from using "wet" framing was another push towards screwing p/b.
School's out and he's back again google trolling, and a weird obsession with some imaginary character who's been expelled from the site: has exclusion in the playground been a problem in your little life; have the girls chased you off? - sad really.
Perhaps somebody will run and get a bucket and get the baby some beer, because the Mogadon sure doesnt seem to agree with him these days - why not try the industrial strength?
AAMOI: with all that googling you seem to do why not copy some remark thats even amusing for anyone above eight?
Nail pop from using "wet" framing was another push towards screwing p/b.
School's out and he's back again google trolling, and a weird obsession with some imaginary character who's been expelled from the site: has exclusion in the playground been a problem in your little life; have the girls chased you off? - sad really.
Perhaps somebody will run and get a bucket and get the baby some beer, because the Mogadon sure doesnt seem to agree with him these days - why not try the industrial strength?
AAMOI: with all that googling you seem to do why not copy some remark thats even amusing for anyone above eight?
I'm glad to hear that you speak for: "We all" implying that you are a spokesperson, a mind reader and a a semi literate ie. i've searched for Danni09 but cant come up with the name.
Do the site mods or the admin take you into their confidence - must be some big duvet y'all shelter under. Or perhaps the inclusive "we" refers to you and your little friends?
I know that you've had some kind of expulsion difficulties in the past - just like Adam & Eve, they too suffered expulsion, & without the benefits of Mogadon - come to think of it, maybe you also speak for them?
Come on, fess up to your wee public, guarantee you will feel better - did the girls really pull your hair? You little squirmer, bet they did?
I also know that today must be a quite a strain for you so i'd advise immediate dark room therapy and a new duvet. Mmmmm ...
Do the site mods or the admin take you into their confidence - must be some big duvet y'all shelter under. Or perhaps the inclusive "we" refers to you and your little friends?
I know that you've had some kind of expulsion difficulties in the past - just like Adam & Eve, they too suffered expulsion, & without the benefits of Mogadon - come to think of it, maybe you also speak for them?
Come on, fess up to your wee public, guarantee you will feel better - did the girls really pull your hair? You little squirmer, bet they did?
I also know that today must be a quite a strain for you so i'd advise immediate dark room therapy and a new duvet. Mmmmm ...
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Actually it was Dann09. Remember this one?
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