Services / Studwork & dry lining
New walls and ceilings framed in metal or timber, boarded, then taped and jointed ready for paint.
Partitions and ceilings for houses and commercial units. The frame goes up first, then the insulation and the boards, then the joints are taped and filled ready for the decorator.
In a commercial unit it is usually metal stud framed up to the steel. Either way the work goes in three stages, and each one is checked before the next starts.
01Frame
The frame is set out and fixed square, in metal or timber depending on what the wall has to carry. Extra support goes in wherever something heavy will be hung.
02Board
Insulation goes in first, then the boards. Moisture-resistant board is used in bathrooms and sound-reducing board where it is wanted.
03Tape and joint
The joints are taped, filled and sanded until the wall is flat and ready for the decorator.
Every job is quoted after seeing the room, with each wall priced as its own line and labour, materials and waste removal split out. The price is fixed once you have it, unless you change the job.
Usually two days for a single partition: frame and board on the first, tape and first fill on the second, then back once it has dried to sand and finish.
Taping and jointing is done in house, which is what most customers paint straight onto. If you want it skimmed, a plasterer is brought in and the plastering is included in the quoted price, so there is no need to find one separately.
Sanding is the dusty part. Sheets down, doorway taped up, vacuum sander on the pole. It is not nothing, but it stays in the room it belongs to.
Yes. Quotes are free and fixed, and you get the price before any work starts rather than a bill that moves once the job is under way.
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Quotes are free and fixed, with the price agreed before any work starts. Ring during the day or send the form, and you will have a reply the same evening.