Stud walls, CLS, 50x75 or 50x100? & distance between studs?

[bristolbaron]

I really must get around to starting a build thread for the new place, but in the mean time have a couple of questions..

The top floor is currently made up of 50x75mm stud walls at seemingly random intervals. As they were covered in lath & plaster there were no worries over plasterboard sizes!

Pretty much every wall is being moved, so a fresh start.

CLS seems to be the standard now for studwork. Do I replace everything in 38x89mm, or go with more 50x75 so I can reuse a load of what I have? I'm not against going for 50x100 either, for the price difference I like the idea of walls being as solid as possible!

I'm also trying to get my head around door frames.. Widths and depths. Do I stick at 400 centres and a frame will slot straight in between two or do i need to fit the studs around the frame?

Hopefully this all doesn't make me look completely inept! If the responce is a resounding 'get a bloke in' I'll consider it though!

Cheers

Baz

[bristolbaron]

Oh really? I hadn't even looked into metal, easier/harder to deal with? I'd imagine gettign a fram together could be easier, how about fixing plasterboard? Don't tell me that's old hat too?!

[bristolbaron]

Thanks all.

I looked into metal last night and it does look great in terms of ease. As above though, not certain it would end up giving the same solid feel in a 30's residential property.

Will look at pricing up 50x100 and go from there.

[bristolbaron]

It's started! went with 4x2" at 400mm centres. With the cost difference being a few quid overall it just made sense to do the best I could. I've got the Isover stuff bookmarked so will get a load in once we've got to that stage. Rewire first!

Thanks again all!