Thread: Do I need noggings for a 3mtr plasterboard wall?

Hi guys! I am building a partition wall in my house. The wall will be 2800 long, and 2700 high. I will be using 64 mm Rondo metal stud (or similar.) and will be using 10 mm plasterboard sheets. I was wondering if I needed to use a row of nogging for this wall? I also wondered if I should use the 0.55 mm stud, or 0.75 mm.

A secondary question for those in the know (I was just going to cross the bridge when it came.) i will be having a door in the wall, and I am using a metal frame. Should I use track stud/channel for the "housing" of the door frame, or is normal stud adequate?
I am a bit stuck as to how I will provide enough stiffness where the door frame will go.

Thanks alot for any help.

In an office type partition we would use 13mm plasterboard with no noggins with the board standing up and the joins on alternate studs.

However in a domestic situation I would put one row of noggins to add strength to to wall. Using noggins it will be ok to have the sheets hung horizontal like normal.

Use track for the door head cut the track with a 100 mm fold on each end which wraps around each door stud. Fix with either tek screws or pop rivits.

You have 2 choices for the door studs. You either box 2 studs together, or you have a timber infill to each stud. Which way I'de go depends on the method of fixing the door frame. If you are fixing the frame with a screw through center of the frame I would use the timber infill to give the screw more to grab.

If the door is fixed with tabs to the face of the door stud I would fix the frame with tek screws and use a boxed stud.

Cheers Rod

Brilliant!!!
Thank you very much for the well informed response Rod!

I have gotten a door frame which os for brick work, so I was going to weld tabs onto it to pick up the stud. I will gor for the boxed stud idea, I did consider that originally, and its a good route!

Is .55bmt ok do you think? Or would .75 be better?
Thanks alot.

.55 is all you need

Cheers Rod

Noggins to some extent stop twisting of the studs which in a residential situation where bumps are noticed a little more may put a woof in the wall.

Originally Posted by autogenous

Noggins to some extent stop twisting of the studs which in a residential situation where bumps are noticed a little more may put a woof in the wall.

Are you saying that noggings wouldnt be a good idea, as they may give the appearance of a bump? What is your opinion on stiffness without noggings?

Noggings are a good idea. As the last fella said, they can stop the studs twisting, and when you are sticking on plasterboard the edges will line up much nicer with something there to stick them to.