SSCCCCHHHHHWWWWEEEEEEE-THOO. A good-brand, solvent-based adhesive will bond well, but bear in mind that nailing plasterboard onto the noggins will be quite a shock. Make the noggins fit really tightly, and perhaps pack them out behind to prevent movement? (All info dispensed in good faith, but from a non-builder...)
Like has been said, a Spit gun. If you don't have one of those then use Tec Screws DA Just post about what you know about will ya? Why would a non-builder be offering advice to the trades? I don't come to your house and tell you how to do the housework, do I?
i dot n dab em out with the scraps that are left over. or screw a length of timber in with tek screws
BTW I was planning on screwing me plasterboard to the noggings, and it's not that i don't know..it's that i don't want to know, as with any thing i have to do for me self. You know? busmans holiday and all that.
HUGH i did 36 noggins in 3 steels on my place and fixed em with GRIPFILL MAX (black tube) comes out more like a silicone than gripfill which means you can cut your noggins tighter it does take longer to go off but does stick like S*&T to them so i would recommend that. cheaper than buying a spitgun LOL
dont use any type of glue for this type of work, you must have a mechanical fixing as suggested tec screws or a (powder actuated)nail gun spit and hilti are the best known and can be hired DO NOT forget to wear safety goggles with these guns
We used to just cut the nogging tight and hammer them in, you will find if done right you will have a hard job getting them out again.
I had to do the same at home,I didnt have a hilti so i just drilled and tapped the steel and fixed the batten to it with m6 bolts
"dont use any type of glue for this type of work, you must have a mechanical fixing" DD surley it cant hurt if your only cladding round the steels and not using the noggins to pick up anything structual?
In the past when ever iv'e been on a job where there is a need to clad the steel with plasterboard , the chippies usually just cut tight fitting noggings and hammer them in, and as CK says, it's not carrying any wait. I think a good fixing paste and wedged in timbers should do the job.
cut them tight, hammer them home, job done. why you would use a spit gun for this is beyond me. and using any form of adhesive is a waste of time and money as well imo one thing you have to watch when cutting a batch on the mitre saw is that the distance between the flanges is often not the same on both sides, maybe only a matter of 1 mm, but enough to make the difference between a tight and a loose fit.
so................ because each dimension might be 1mm different you spend your time cutting lots and lots of small lengths of timber each one being different, so its a one at a time job and its high up so you are up and down a ladder / scaffolding all day i cant think of a slower method fitting noggins to steel beams doesnt have to be a work of art, this method altough "traditional" is a waste of time hire the gun (with virtually no cutting) AND clad the beams by the end of the day AND with enough time to leave early enough to return the gun or spend one day fitting the noggins and a second day cladding them your choice
drilling and tapping a hole (VERY fast) one minute spit gun................. 3 seconds (slow) AND you dont have to mark measure and drill the timber so thats 3 seconds as opposed to 1.5 minutes per fixing PLUS virtually no timber cutting PLUS fewer up and down ladders you are saving over 3 minuites per fixing