Do we need to strengthen the floor/floor joists to make provision for balustrade? Or does it depend on the type of balustrade we would be getting?
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Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 3Mar 10, 2011 12:21 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 5Mar 11, 2011 10:57 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 9Mar 14, 2011 3:42 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 12Mar 23, 2011 10:16 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 13Mar 23, 2011 10:59 am Thanks for that chippy!!! chippy Every time the ballustrade turns 90 degrees or attaches to a wall it helps to brace the top of it, so not sure what sort of set up you have.. That's exactly what he said! Luckily we have quite a few 90 degree turns. chippy but 20mm of MDF liquid nailed to aerated concrete doesn't sound like the safest fixing method. He said to liquid nail MDF to both hebel and steel frame floor joists. Also, he said he would fix the posts to MDF, not hebel. Is MDF strong enough to hold this??? Thanks again!!! Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 14Mar 23, 2011 3:10 pm Hi Blue. The hebel sits on top of your floor joists. Is he saying that he will glue 10mm mdf on top of the hebel and 10mm mdf to the underside of the joist? I cant quite work out what you meant in that last post. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 15Mar 23, 2011 8:33 pm Sorry about that. What he said was he would put two layers of mdf, one on top of the other on the side. As in vertically. Instead of plasterboard. Hope this makes more sense Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 16Mar 23, 2011 8:38 pm Sorry about that. What he said was he would put two layers of mdf, one on top of the other on the side. As in vertically. Instead of plasterboard. Hope this makes more sense Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 17Mar 26, 2011 8:18 am Our plasterer seems to think that mdf will be impossible to bend around the curve part of the floor joist and that it wouldn't be strong enough to have balustrading fixed to it Re: Balustrade reinforcing - before or after plasterboard? 18Mar 26, 2011 8:18 am Our plasterer seems to think that mdf will be impossible to bend around the curve part of the floor joist and that it wouldn't be strong enough to have balustrading fixed to it Thank you alexp79 and gommeqld for your advice, that's very helpful, thanks 3 8538 What we have done in a few theatres ( including my own) is run 2 layers of 13mm gyprock, but sounds insulation especially for the bass is really tricky as a lot of that… 4 2860 Plasterboard Gyprock is very popular as a reveal liner these days. You need to provide a way of supporting it, we use a modified timber reveal or bracket. You will be… 1 5111 |