Drywall on uneven plank wall?

[justmakemyday]

Renovating the turn-of-the-century apartment and moving the kitchen to a new room. I want to tile on the wall (more than just a couple of rows), so I'm planning to screw a 13mm drywall onto this plank wall. How sensitive is the drywall to possible irregularities? Does it matter if the irregularities are outward or inward?

 

[falkn]

It might be an advantage to glue the plasterboard here. If you screw in a dip, the board will probably crack everywhere depending on how large they are.

 

[Nissens]

Renovating the turn-of-the-century apartment and moving the kitchen to a new room. I want to tile the wall (more than just a couple of rows), so I'm planning to screw a 13mm plasterboard onto this plank wall. How sensitive is the plasterboard to any irregularities? Does it matter if the irregularities are protruding or recessed?

I would probably remove the planks and screw the plasterboard into the existing nail battens, or alternatively, install new battens.

 

[A.G]

Create a "new" wall with 45mm outside, plywood and plaster. Convenient for hiding installations.

 

[major_tom]

agree with the previous speaker. have done the same thing myself.

 

[justmakemyday]

Thank you for the wise answers. I want to avoid as much as possible the extra thickness on the wall that new nail battens entail (looks odd against the ceiling stucco) and taking down planks from the existing nail battens damages the ceiling stucco and I also have no idea about its condition. Is it really unthinkable to place the drywall on an somewhat even plank wall?

 

[Plupp 282191]

No, not at all, if it's not important for it to be completely even, it doesn't matter.

 

[Nissens]

Thank you for the wise answers. I want to avoid as much as possible the additional thickness to the wall that new battens entail (looks strange against the ceiling cornice) and removing planks from the existing battens damages the ceiling cornice, and I also have no idea of the condition of this. Is it really unthinkable to place the drywall on an somewhat even plank wall after all?

No, with a multitool, you can cut the planks without damaging the ceiling cornice.

 

[justmakemyday]

Well, it should be able to be tiled without looking crazy. The biggest difference is about 0.4-0.5 mm. How crazy can it get?

 

[Nissens]

Well, it should be able to be tiled on without it looking crazy. The biggest difference is about 0.4-0.5 mm. How crazy can it get?

It might be worth taking down the planks, I would think. Then you can choose how the gypsum should sit in relation to the ceiling molding. You can adjust the thickness of the nailing battens accordingly.

 

[Johan456]

Screw in an OSB board first and then a drywall board, does it work? The OSB board absorbs a lot of the irregularities. An alternative is to go over with a long level first and remove the worst peaks with an electric planer.

 

[justmakemyday]

Screw an OSB board first and then a drywall, does it work? The OSB board absorbs a lot of the unevenness. An alternative is to go over with a long level first and remove the worst peaks with an electric planer.

Thanks for this. I'll go with an OSB board and then renovation drywall (6mm) on top - is that sufficient for tiling?

 

[justmakemyday]

For those interested, it was just possible, after addressing the worst irregularities, to put up plasterboard on the existing plank wall. No problems with tiles thereafter.

 

[Bonkalainen]

For those interested, it was just possible, after treating the worst irregularities, to put up drywall on the existing plank wall. No problems with tiles afterward.

Thanks (-: read the thread as I have the same problem, but I’m not going to tile anything, just put up a drywall and paint.

 

[Måke]

For those interested, it was indeed possible, after addressing the worst irregularities, to install drywall panels on the existing plank wall. No problems with tiles afterwards.

Did you use regular drywall or renovation drywall?