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SPEC · 02-1

Stage 02 / Walls

Plasterboard Partitions and Suspended Ceilings on Metal Studs

Setting out, metal stud and track, openings for doors, board layout, fixing patterns, insulation and a suspended ceiling, followed through to a joint ready for finishing.

“My partitions stand, but the joints crack and the doors never quite close.”

Room mid-renovation with metal stud profiles, plasterboard and two wooden ladders by a doorway

SPEC · UNITS

How the course is built

6 units · 40 lessons · 8 h 40 min

  1. U-01 Setting out and track L-6 · 1 h 18 min
  2. U-02 Studs, openings and noggins L-8 · 1 h 44 min
  3. U-03 Boarding and fixing patterns L-8 · 1 h 44 min
  4. U-04 Insulation and sound L-5 · 1 h 5 min
  5. U-05 Suspended ceilings L-8 · 1 h 44 min
  6. U-06 Faults and fixes L-5 · 1 h 5 min

Each layer is drawn to the number of lessons in it.

On camera

  • A partition with a door opening built start to finish on camera
  • A suspended ceiling with an access hatch
  • Board layout and screw spacing diagrams
  • Common faults filmed close up, with the fix

You will be able to

  1. Set out and build a straight, plumb stud partition
  2. Frame door openings and fixing points for heavy items
  3. Board, insulate and prepare joints for taping

TOOLBOX

Have this ready

  • Spirit level and laser line (if you have one)
  • Tin snips, board knife and a screw gun

Who it suits

Finishers moving into drywall, general builders and renovators building their own partitions.

Questions about this course

Q-01 How long can I watch it, and on what?

Streamed video lessons, watched online, for 20 months from the day access starts. A computer, tablet or phone with an internet connection is enough. The videos stream; they are not downloaded. Access details arrive by email within one working day of payment.

Q-02 Is there a trainer, an assessment or a certificate?

No. These are recorded lessons with no live trainer, no marking of your work and no certificate or qualification. It explains the work and shows it done; it does not replace any training your employer or national rules require.

Q-03 How much is in it?

40 lessons in 6 units, 8 h 40 min of video in total. The breakdown is in the layer diagram above.

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