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ffm in reply to @Aroogah

These are just standard bugle-head drywall screws. From comparing online images they look fine-threaded. I got a couple in apparently just by pressing really hard, but all the others just seem to skate off the stud and tear up the plasterboard.

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Aroogah in reply to @ffm

Hanging the plastetboard horizontally? That was how I learned to work with sheetrock and metal stud walls. It gives you better leverage. The screws can skip around if there is any flex in the stud. Hanging it horizontally is supposed to help.

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ffm in reply to @Aroogah

Sadly not an option, since I'm screwing in a small patch of plasterboard to fix a ceiling. I think I think I'll just have to drill pilot holes. That shouldn't be too much of an arseache since it's only about 8 screws.

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