Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 31, 2014 11:29 pm Hi Guys, Just hoping for a bit of advice or comments from your previous experiences. We're quite far into building our house; they've actually finished the plaster inside the house and starting to tiling etc. One thing we noticed on the walls upon entering the front door, they've done plasterboard instead of actual plaster. The main issue I have with plasterboard is that hollow sound/feel if you ever bump or knock it. So my preference would always be for the more solid feeling/sounding wet plaster. When I asked the site supervisor about it he said it was to prevent cracking. The way he explained it was that because it's a two storey height wall (we have a high void at the entrance of our house), if they were to do regular plaster it would have to go over the first floor slab, which would cause the plaster to crack because of expansion/contraction from heating/cooling. By doing plasterboard, there's a lower chance of cracking down the track. Although he reckons we still may get cracking with plasterboard. Whilst what he does make sense, we visited my aunt's place which has a similar entrance but the builder did plaster. They do have very fine hairline cracks, but you can only see if you're looking for it. The drawings actually show it should've been wet plaster, so we're leaning towards insisting it be redone in wet plaster unless we get a convincing argument against. (We feel bad because it's a big wall to have to redo and if we'd noticed earlier it may have been easier to re-do). What are people's thoughts? Thanks in advance. Re: Plaster vs Dryline for Double height internal wall. 2Nov 01, 2014 12:04 am Wow, I didn't think they wet plastered homes these days, as I thought it it was all gyprocking now. But you said the plans clearly stated wet plaster, so that's what you should be getting then. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Plaster vs Dryline for Double height internal wall. 3Nov 01, 2014 12:53 am I would suggest your builder has done you a favour here - float plaster over bricks/concrete/bricks will result in cracks over time and the plasterboard lining (dry lining) will definitely help reduce the risk of this. It shouldn't sound too drummy if it has been directly stuck to your walls. Small footprint in Eliza Ponds, Spearwood WA Thank you alexp79 and gommeqld for your advice, that's very helpful, thanks 3 7945 3 10216 Sorry, don't know costs, but there are a couple of very important principles you need to get right (and now) .... (1) never agree to any "upgrade" unless you first know… 5 6852 |