Metal stud partitions and steel frame systems set out from the drawing, fixed plumb and boarded square, on commercial, retail, education and healthcare projects across the UK. RWS Plastering and Drylining Ltd has installed partition packages for main contractors since 2010, as a standalone scope or as part of a full drylining package.
Standard and heavy duty metal stud systems set out to the partition layout, with deflection heads, pattresses, door openings and service zones built in as the wall goes up rather than cut in afterwards.
Steel frame infill and oversail systems installed to the engineer's design, set out, fixed and sheathed ready for the external envelope and the internal linings.
Board layers, fixing centres and joint staggers follow the system specification, so a rated or acoustic partition performs as the certificate says and not just as it looks.
Partitions are sequenced with M and E first fix and the ceiling package, and our SSSTS supervisors run the job on site so the programme holds.
Yes. Metsec and other steel frame systems are a regular part of the package, installed to the engineer's design and sheathed ready for the facade contractor. On many schemes the SFS goes in first and the same team returns for the internal partitions and linings.
Yes. Rated partitions are built to the tested system, with the board layers, fixings and head details the certificate requires. Where the wall forms part of the fire strategy, the fire stopping through it is installed by our own passive fire team and recorded.
From the drawing and off instrument, with the partition lines, door positions and service zones marked before the first track is fixed. Setting out is where a partition package is won or lost, so it is done once and checked rather than adjusted as the boards go up.
Anything from a single floor of partitions on a refurbishment to a full drylining package on a new build. Recent work covers retail units, showrooms, cinema and leisure venues, school blocks and healthcare units, so the range is wide.
Off the drawings, the specification and the programme. Send them across and we will come back with a price and a start date, and there is no charge for the quotation.
The yard and office are in Rotherham and South Yorkshire and the M1 corridor are the weekly patch, but the teams travel. The list below is where the packages come from most often, not a boundary.
Independent linings, sound-rated and fire-rated walls, built to the tested spec.
Metal frame, suspended grid and tile, acoustic and fire-rated ceilings.
Fire stopping and fire-rated installations, certificated and signed off.
Tape and joint, skim, render and high-spec internal finishes.
Strip-out, light demolition and area prep ahead of fit-out.
Free, no-obligation quotations on every package, anywhere in the UK.