Plasterboard and dry lining in Alton

• An Alton ceiling needs more time than an Alton wall. Each sheet on a ceiling is carried overhead while the screws go in.
• Both faces of a new Alton partition share one quote when both are named at Book Now.
• Carpentry for the frame sits outside this quote. Cables, pipes, paint and wallpaper sit outside it too.
• We turn up for the Alton boarding at the time that was set. That quote for the sheets does not move.

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• Open timber before sheets in AltonAlton boarding starts once a partition's upright timbers are in place, or once a ceiling's supporting timbers are open. Those uprights are studs. We have lined a partition that began as open timber, with no sheet on it. We have put pink plasterboard over the wall at one end of a room while the posts beside it were still bare. We do not put the frame up. Cables and pipes are a separate job before the sheets.
• Cuts around Alton windows and socketsWe set out each Alton sheet against the windows and cut it to suit. We cut door linings the same way. We cut plug sockets the same way. A plug socket is the wall point an appliance plugs into. We drive no screw until those cuts are finished. We leave each joint where filler is easy to reach. We cut ceiling sheets so they land on the joists. Those joists are the timbers carrying the ceiling from above.
• Fixing the sheets in an Alton roomScrews clamp each Alton sheet to the studs. Each screw stops a little below the paper face, so filler has a place to sit. On masonry with a rough face, adhesive sticks the sheet on. Adhesive means a grab mix spread on the back of the sheet. We sheet every face of a fresh partition that looks into a room.
• Tape, filler and corner beadsWe press tape along each joint in the Alton room. We fill over that tape until the sheets become one face. We set a bead on outside corners. We set a bead on the edges of openings too. A bead is a slim metal strip that holds an edge straight. We have fixed that strip on a ceiling above a kitchen. The kitchen below was stripped back. We have boarded another ceiling in a compact room with a single window.
• A smooth face or paint in AltonWe lay the skim across the Alton sheets if you want a smooth face. That skim is finishing plaster, trowelled thin. The joints disappear under it. You can paint the filled seams if you skip the skim. New plaster looks dark at first. It turns a pale shade as it dries. We brush watered emulsion on once that shade is even. We call that coat a mist coat, and it seals the skim. We take the offcuts with us. The Alton room is tidy when we go. Paint and wallpaper come afterwards.

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