Browse Forums Building A New House MDF Bulkhead Question 7Jul 14, 2017 8:45 pm vn88 Hi Arcadelt, what do you mean by swelling? In your opinion, is it worthwhile having the MDF bulkhead installed now as the house is near to completion? What are the benefits of it? You seemed a bit unsure in your first post about what they actually are, so I can only assume they are what you have deduced as the fills between the top of your joinery and the ceiling. If that is correct, they certainly are worth it because there is an awful lot of dust and/or fat that accumulates on the top of open horizontal surfaces in a house over the years, especially if they are in the kitchen. The bulkheads will fill that gap, although it is a bit of wasted space, unless you can turn them into storage too. My point, however, was about the use of MDF. MDF (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-density_fibreboard) is a "wooden" board that is essentially made of wood fibre mixed with wax and resin under heat and pressure, so does not have the integrity of real timber, and to my mind, for sheeting or plastering is inferior over the long term to plasterboard or similar. Every house I have been in where it has been used in sheet form or mould form, such as skirting and architrave, it has swollen from moisture just present in the air. That is why it is banned in my build, in favour of real timber or other products. Probably a not bad thing to mention particle board should in case anyone else reading this got the two confused. 6 4905 You can really use anything you want the main consideration would be how it looks once painted/finished - or the look you want. Cabinetmakers use MDF because its cheap… 2 9968 I would say both styles you have pictured are steel. The lower chord of the first pic would be a massive lump if made using timber considering the size of the rafters. If… 1 6157 |