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Help - Plasterboard Joints

thescouselander
thescouselander Posts: 5,547 Forumite
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I'm replacing some plasterboard in the bathroom prior to having it tiled. I see the normal procedure is to join the boards using tape and joining compound. This is no problem but I have an external corner and the corner tape for this is quite expensive.

So - do I need to bother filling all the joins if tiles are going up and if so can I get away with normal tape on the external corner?

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  • andyhop
    andyhop Posts: 1,996 Forumite
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    If its getting fully tiled do not bother taping and jointing, All you are doing is reducing the weight limits the board can take

    Use square edge board and its ready to tile
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  • iamcornholio
    iamcornholio Posts: 1,900 Forumite
    If you are tiling there is no need to fill the joints
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