New houses...

[beanz]

How are you guys dealing with new builds, and these engineered joists/aluminium stud work etc? I've yet to walk away from one of these jobs feeling 100% happy with the movement. :-/

 

[DHTiling]

900mm centres on studs is great ain't it :lol:

 

[beanz]

Lol! Doesn't fill me with confidence, if I'm honest...

 

[John Benton]

No thanks! Would never choose to live in one either.

 

[Turkish tiler]

I hate it, never feel confident after I finish job, I call them LEGO houses :mad2:

 

[beanz]

It's not just me then? Lol
How are you guys prepping these? On the last one I did, I drilled holes in the plaster boards and squirted expanding foam In. It made the wall a bit stiffer, but still could've done with something else I think.

 

[Dan]

Can't stand new builds. Never liked just studied walls. Had a mate trip on the stairs drunk over Xmas in his house which is a new build and be ended up going through the wall into the kitchen. Loads of work needs to be done now. If it was a brick house he'd have hurt his head but its just be a bit of touching up plaster if anything at all.

Never done one with metal work but I'd imagine its just as annoying.

Can't beat the good old brick builds.

 

[DHTiling]

It's not just me then? Lol
How are you guys prepping these? On the last one I did, I drilled holes in the plaster boards and squirted expanding foam In. It made the wall a bit stiffer, but still could've done with something else I think.

If they flex like hell , then my bro has taken them apart and studded in between to stiffen up... not had probs with TGI floors though , apart from an en-suite we did last summer, again floor up and nogged etc to stiffin it up..

 

[beanz]

There's not really anything to attach studs to Dave!?! Only thing you can do is gripfill them in place, which doesn't really improve the rigidity. I may well

 

[beanz]

...... Ply the next one, then overboard with either plasterboard, or cement board, depending on tiles. Or maybe try even more holes and foam lol!

 

[beanz]

Dan, I hear ya! Although they haven't built solid brick houses round here for a very long time. I'm ok with normal wooden stud though. At least it's easy to add a few noggins if necessary..

 

[DHTiling]

There's not really anything to attach studs to Dave!?! Only thing you can do is gripfill them in place, which doesn't really improve the rigidity. I may well

Horizontal framing .. from stud to stud...

 

[beanz]

Horizontal framing .. from stud to stud...

Doesn't really work, as you can only attach to one side (the other side is open). I guess you could you thinner noggins that would fit inside the Ali, but not sure if they would be solid enough!?! Might be worth looking at though

 

[DHTiling]

We use CLS and it does work .. but it does depend on the metal lay out.. and if you can get a fixing to sole plate and header... also double boarding helps..

 

[beanz]

We use CLS and it does work .. but it does depend on the metal lay out.. and if you can get a fixing to sole plate and header... also double boarding helps..

Dave, do you cut into the metal and slot the CLS in? And do you trim the CLS down, as i find it about 2/3mm too thick usually, which causes bows in the wall. This stuff really is the bane of my life lol!