Recent content by kerniki

ah ok, thats not how it sounded first off, going through the plasterboard, stud & channel makes more sense :) i'm going to our local diy store tomorrow and they seem to stock the edma crimper so think i'll get one as i have a fair bit to do, converted my Makita 750 to a 550 so hoping to use that...

ferk the not fixing them method :eek: there's no way i'd rely on plasterboard to stop lateral movement, these walls are 50mm thick & being used to line / insulate a stone built building so are one sided, i guess if clad both sides i might try but even that i'd question. thx for the screw &...

what do you use? first time putting up some metal stud walls & was curious as to what to use to fix the studs to the channels seeing as it has to be reasonable flush for plasterboard to fix to and the self drilling screws i've used in the past have only been the round head variety, is there a...

good idea, but £95 is the cheapest i can find to :eek: where as a whole gun can be had for £160, there's some nearly new used 'guns only' on ebay at the mo so think i'll see what I can snipe one at, least I have all the batteries and charger stuff :)

gun works a treat, 3000 deck screws and one jam, result! athough they state the guns spec as for screws 45-75mm, has anyone tried using shorter screws in it? got some drywall to do & 45 is a tad too long.

cheers gents

Hi from a noob :D do i have to use original Makita collated screws or can I use aftermarket? any good sources for collated screws and driver bits?