The self tapping helical nails corkscrew through wooden studs and into brickwork or blockwork fixing battens to walls quickly and securely.
Fixing battens to concrete walls.
Fixing fence and gate posts to masonry.
Fixing battens to bricks or blocks to support vertical tiling.
Fixing window and door frames to bricks and blocks.
Fixing skirtings rails and trims to blocks through plasterboard or insulation.
Fixing battens to concrete walls.
Mark the wall with a pencil along the side of the batten.
Timber posts and frames to concrete floors.
Fixing 12 5 plasterboard to 25mm timber battens.
Battening a wall for receiving plasterboard or dry lining is a fast clean and cost effective way providing a plastered finish on the inward side of an external wall.
Using annular ring nails will hold the cladding more securely but are generally unnecessary.
Make sure if you are fixing battens on a wall that they are straight and regularly spaced at 400mm apart see our battening a wall project for more information to fix a timber batten hold the batten into position on the wall making sure it is level using a spirit level.
Hi i m trying to fix plasterboard over some old walls instead of rendering them.