stud work

[baggie79]

Sure this is easy question for you pro's out there.

I will shortly be doing a stud wall and have never done one before. I have done as much reading as possible and feel fairly confidently with it all.

My only question is this, Im going to put my studwork at 400 centres. Should these centres begin from either side of the door opening? or from each end of the wall?

 

[foxhole]

Not important, though I would start at wall.

 

[Richard C]

Personally I would start at each end of the wall & work towards the door opening this means you can board out with full width boards, only cutting to fit around the door opening. Depending on how the stud spacing works out, try to avoid board joints that coincide with the vertical door lining as this can lead to cracks along the joints. It’s much better to cut “L” shaped boards to join centrally over the door opening & its worth sticking extra studs in if you have to in order achieve this.

I always use screws to construct studwork; stronger & much better than nails, also causes less damage to the existing walls, plaster etc.

 

[baggie79]

thank you for your replies...

 

[^woody^]

Space the studs to suit the plasterboard - so 400 centres are no good for 900mm wide boards

Same thing for vertical spacing of noggins

You may need an extra timber/noggin above the sole plate to fix the skirting to/keep the board from flexing

Plan your sockets and switches

Keep plasterboard 10mm up from the floor

 

[Richard C]

Space the studs to suit the plasterboard - so 400 centres are no good for 900mm wide boards

Sorry Woods but why use 900mm DIY boards Ok for boarding out an under stairs cupboard, boxing in pipes or repairs but they are strictly DIY. You should only use full size boards on a new stud wall; 2.4m x 1.2m x 12.5mm.

 

[WestmidsChippy]

richard c sorry for it to look again like i am questioning your expertise however from your first post to this thread you are owready rung mate. what woody said is the right way to do it, screws for stud work are ONLY plausable if your timber studs are shaped like a banana and even then its umin and arrin

nawt wrong wit teh diy boards as you call 'em.

if it were me i would place my studs the set distance coming away from the door frame. so if you are using the diyboards (900 width) then place your studs every 450 from the door opening stud.

there is reason for doing so

 

[^woody^]

Sorry Woods but why use 900mm DIY boards

Many reasons, can't fit the larger boards in the car/van, can't get them in the house/up the stairs, can't manoeuvre them about, can't lift them. Lots of reasons really

Also, its wrong (IMO) to term these as "DIY boards" - they are just smaller plasterboards for different situations. It would be misleading for the OP to think that he had to use the big boards solely because he did not want to appear to be doing a DIY job or because "that is what a proper builder would do" - which is not always the case

But we don't know - the OP may well be using 8x4's!

 

[Richard C]

richard c sorry for it to look again like i am questioning your expertise

Well hi again Mr Chippy; my guess is your not at all sorry to "question my expertise" as you put it so please don't bother with the sarky crap

however from your first post to this thread you are owready rung mate.

Well that's a pretty findamental "poke in the eye", please explain which part of my advice is rung & why?

what woody said is the right way to do it,

Which bit, I only disagreed with the principle of using DIY boards on a new stud wall; the rest of Woods post was good & sound.

screws for stud work are ONLY plausable if your timber studs are shaped like a banana and even then its umin and arrin

Again, please explain why you think screws are “only plausible” if the studs are “shaped like a banana” (although they would be usefull there) & are not more suitable when constructing a stud partition in an existing building when banging & crashing away with a hammer can cause all sorts of damage to the surrounding block & plaster work.

nawt wrong wit teh diy boards as you call 'em.

You can’t be serious; when constructing a new partition wall, smaller boards = more studs/noggins = more cost = more joints & a greater risk of cracks; no builder or plasterer in their right mind would consider using anything other than full size boards.

if it were me i would place my studs the set distance coming away from the door frame. so if you are using the diyboards (900 width) then place your studs every 450 from the door opening stud.

You can do either, it depends on spacing but your way would give board joints in line with the door linings. From a plastering/cracking viewpoint, this should be avoided (slamming doors etc.). My advice was to avoid board joints aligning with the door linings, a point which you seem to have toally missed. Spacing studs from the centre of the door would be better, if your going to need extra support studs, better to have them either side of a door than next to a wall!

there is reason for doing so

& the reason is

 

[WestmidsChippy]

richardc, have you worked it out yet? ill have 3 granules mine

 

[gregers]

i cant remember the last time i used nails on a stud wall,grabbers seem to be the thing used now.

my 1 bit of advice is,if your planning on hanging anything heavy off of it,ensure youve installed a lot more noggins for strength.