13mm or 6mm drywall?

[_carlss0n_]

Hello everyone,

I have a question. I have torn down all the pine paneling in our staircase because it was poorly attached, and I'm planning to put up some plasterboard and paint it white. To avoid too much protrusion at the railing, I would like to use 6mm plasterboard directly on the studs. What do you think about that? Is it okay to use only 6mm plasterboard, or is there something specific I should consider?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Fotografen]

6 mm plasterboard is brittle, if it's a "normal" wall with 60 cm between the studs, it will be too flimsy.

 

[viktorj]

6mm plasterboard is for placing on existing boards. And in my opinion, barely even there. If you are chasing mm, you should probably recess plywood between the studs to get a solid wall and then plaster with 6mm.

 

[McStewart]

Try to avoid 6mm sheets. Use these only where 13mm standard ones absolutely won't work, such as when a curved surface is desired.

It's difficult to screw into the thin gypsum without damaging the paper layer, while also being hard to countersink the screw heads properly. Some carpenters don't even want to deal with 6mm renovation gypsum just because it's so challenging to install correctly. And a carpenter who installs gypsum with torn paper and non-countersunk screw heads won't be popular with the painter...

...then I'm wondering if 6mm gypsum directly on studs becomes very fragile? If you stumble and put your hand against the wall, you don't want to fall through

 

[Stefan N]

6mm directly on studs is just forget it.

 

[_carlss0n_]

hello

Thanks for the response.

I'm going with 13mm gips