Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: How to Build Kitchen Bulkhead 21Jun 04, 2012 12:08 pm Which one is structurally more superior than another,Bulkhead above the kitchen cupboards is MDF or Plaster boards (frame) ? 2550mm ceiling height and this is new construction. Originaly my Builder has done Bulkhead above the kitchen cupboards using Plaster (Frame). After Pre plaster inspection done by private inspector, his report says, "There have not been any noggins installed between the wall studs under the bulkhead/drop ceiling trimmers to the Kitchen to pick up and support the edges of the plaster wall sheets.The relevant Australian Standard AS/NZS 2589.1 Gypsum Linings In Residential and Light Commercial Construction – Application and Finishing , clause 7.6.2 Spacing, requires that ‘Plasterboard shall be fastened at a maximum of 300mm centres for internal angles, external corners and around openings’. Given the spacing of the existing studs, noggins will need to be installed so that the edges of the wall sheets can be securely fixed to the wall framing at their required centres." So what my builder did was he removed whole bulk head done by Plaster and he is telling me he will do it using MDF . So i don't know which method is good. Please help me on this. Thanks. Nicole Nicole1983 Re: How to Build Kitchen Bulkhead 22Jun 04, 2012 6:35 pm Nicole1983 Which one is structurally more superior than another,Bulkhead above the kitchen cupboards is MDF or Plaster boards (frame) ? Although I know what your asking, but at the end of the day it is irrelevant as both are cosmetic. If doing it yourself it gets back to what are you more comfortable doing, a frame with gyproc or MDF? In my place I went the MDF path though looking at the picture you couldn't tell, which is the whole idea. Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17511 No. It's not original. Circa early to mid 90s would be my guess and maybe even as late as early 2000s 1 6625 2 4669 |