Fixing insulated plasterboard - general advice

[JP_]

None. At least, none I noticed! 2 still up!

 

[JP_]

this isn't DIY, its fine art!

 

[JP_]

Da dah!

Just need to trim the foam, tape the joints, stick plasterboard and decorate!

 

[Doggit]

I'd put a little bit thicker lines of adhesive foam next time, but that's a well deserved Da Dah.

 

[JP_]

Are these ok to fix?
https://www.buildbase.co.uk/fischer-frame-fixing-10mm-10566-2802124
Toolstarion didn't have any hammer fixings.

 

[endecotp]

Are these ok to fix?
https://www.buildbase.co.uk/fischer-frame-fixing-10mm-10566-2802124

10x100mm. I guess so; how far into the brick will they go?
My inclination would be for something a bit longer but thinner, perhaps?
(What size masonry drills do you have? Every time I buy something like this I end up needing a new drill bit.)

Toolstation didn't have any hammer fixings.

They do, search for "frame fixing".

The other option is masonry screws, though I've never used them.

 

[Ian H]

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The other option is masonry screws, though I've never used them.

The Torq's headed ones? I've used them and they are great. I haven't used them on plasterboard though.

 

[JP_]

I meant, they didn't have any in stock.

 

[Doggit]

I wouldn't use those Jonbey; if you look at the head, they do not have a slope that will hold the plasterboard against the wall.

 

[JP_]

I'll change then then. How to stick the plasterboard today, week use more adhesive. Hopefully it will stay up until I get the hammer bolts.

Just found the the skirting under the bay window is rotten too. So taking that out now. It there such a thing as insulated skirting board?

 

[JP_]

hang on, these are call frame fixing on Toolstation ~(I couldn't find them on their website at first), and have a slope - or does the slope have to be the other way?!?. A photo:

they are 10cm long. Insulation + plasterboard is 6cm, so 4cm in the wall. Is that enough?
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p33411?table=no (can't find the 10cm ones on the site)

 

[Doggit]

Not really; you want at least a couple of inches in the wall, so aim for 120cm as a minimum. Having said that, you might get away with 10cm on these

 

[JP_]

actually, these are hammer fixings arent they?

 

[Doggit]

Could well be, but how long is the slit; that to me is the defining depth. Put one in 40mm, and see how difficult to pull them out.

 

[JP_]

hmmm, I'll change em.

Daft question - but, do you literally just hammer these things in? Just watched a video, and the screw did not appear to turn .... unless it turned exactly one turn each time.

and, you can unscrew them normally if you need to, yeah?