Stud Wall questions...

[Hob]

Ay-up. I'm soon to be completley rebuilding my bathroom and I have a few questions regarding the partition walls I'll be puttin up.

1) the ceilings are 2.7m high, but most of the timber available seems to be 2.4m long. Is there any safe/sound way of building the frame without having full length verticals?

2) plasterboard nails or drywall screws?

3) As it's for a bathroom what do people suggest I line it with, vapourboard, aquaboard or PVA treated plywood? (these are the three main contenders I've noticed on my searchs)

Cheers

Stu

 

[jbonding]

try metal stud they come in 10 foot lengths screw the boards use moisture resistant plasterboards they come 10+4 sheets.

 

[masona]

1) the ceilings are 2.7m high, but most of the timber available seems to be 2.4m long.

My local timber merchants sell them at whatever length up to 5.4m

 

[chappers]

2.7 is the next standard size up most places will probably go from 2.4 to 3 m though.
use the builders merchants not the sheds