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    Default Fixing Plasterboard.

    Do I need to leave any expansion gap between 12.5mm plasterboard sheets or just but joint??

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    Default re: Fixing Plasterboard.

    Butt join.

    Whats "ficing?"


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    Default Re: Fixing Plasterboard.

    Quote Originally Posted by diamondtiling View Post
    Butt join.

    Whats "ficing?"


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    Default Re: Fixing Plasterboard.

    Butt em up nice and tight

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    Default Re: Fixing Plasterboard.

    butt them up and tape with reinforced mesh

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    Default Re: Fixing Plasterboard.

    Lightly butt each board together
    "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"

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    Default Re: Fixing Plasterboard.

    Lots of butting up going on here........

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