Villaboard size problems

Hi All,
Another stupid question I suspect but I'll ask anyway. Removing the old tiles and waterproofing(though I bedate the use of that term in this case) in our bathroom has left a space of about 1900mm from the floor, which I can't fill with a single horizonal sheet of villaboard, I think the widest I could get was 1200mm. I was just going to cut up another piece to fill the gap but I think I'll have to put in additional noggins all the way across(I'd prefer not to-lazy) not impossible, just anoying.
I was also tempted to lay the sheets vertically but the guides say the sheets should be layed horizontally.
I guess another option is to go villaboard from the floor upto 1200mm then plaster for the rest of the gap up to 1900mm. It Is on the wall of the bathroom away from the shower.

What do others think about the problem or am I just worrying about nothing?


Thanks for your help,
Stoo

You can get 1350 wide sheets of plaster board.
The noggings have nothing to do with plaster board what so ever, the noggins are there to stiffen up the frame.
Most noggins used on new houses are 10-20mm under stud size.


Al :)

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Originally Posted by Stoo

Hi All,
Another stupid question I suspect but I'll ask anyway. Removing the old tiles and waterproofing(though I bedate the use of that term in this case) in our bathroom has left a space of about 1900mm from the floor, which I can't fill with a single horizonal sheet of villaboard, I think the widest I could get was 1200mm. I was just going to cut up another piece to fill the gap but I think I'll have to put in additional noggins all the way across(I'd prefer not to-lazy) not impossible, just anoying.
I was also tempted to lay the sheets vertically but the guides say the sheets should be layed horizontally.
I guess another option is to go villaboard from the floor upto 1200mm then plaster for the rest of the gap up to 1900mm. It Is on the wall of the bathroom away from the shower.

What do others think about the problem or am I just worrying about nothing?


Thanks for your help,
Stoo

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You can get 1350 wide but that's still a moot point. Will you be tiling over the junction between old and new sheeting or not? If not I would use gyprock aquacheck (you may wish to waterproof the bottom and run a row of tiles) since it will be the same thickness as the older plasterboard. If you are tiling I would use villaboard. In which case will have to pack the studs with 4mm fibre cement sheet to bring it close to the same level as the plasterboard (a bit higher). Did you only take out up to 1900 to preserve the cornice? If not, just rip the whole lot out and put in 2 horizontal sheets. You may still have to nog along at 1200 tho :(

Cheers
Michael

Thanks for the replies guys.

Re. the noggins. I had assumed I had to put the additional noggins in so there was something to attach each "edge" of the villaboard to because it fit nicely.

We stopped at 1900 because we just wanted to remove the old tiles which is how high they went, from there upwards its plaster, slightly damaged on the edge now but fine otherwise. We were just going to repaint the plaster and tile upto the edge of it.