Dry lining
Dry lining contractors for new-build housing
JMC Drywall Ltd is a dry lining contractor for new-build housing, based in Tiptree, Essex, and working across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and East London. We board walls and ceilings plot by plot for housebuilders, housing associations and main contractors. Dry lining is on every current scheme we name.
What the package covers
- Plasterboard to walls, on dabs or mechanically fixed
- Plasterboard to ceilings
- Fire rated linings to the specification
- Moisture resistant board to kitchens and bathrooms
- Acoustic linings to separating walls and floors
- Insulated linings to external walls
- Garage and integral garage ceilings
- Boxing to soil stacks and services
What goes wrong with dry lining on a housing site
Most dry lining problems on a volume site come from a gang on price with nobody checking the plot behind them. Back boxes and cables get boarded over. Boards go up before the plot is dry. The snags turn up at handover, when your programme has no room for them.
A late plot can cost the developer the sale. A buyer's mortgage offer has an expiry date, and a plot that is not ready before it runs out can lose the sale.
- Back boxes and cables boarded over
- Boards fixed in a plot that is not yet weathertight
- The wrong board in a wet area or on a fire line
- Gangs pulled to another site part way through a block
- Snagging left to your site manager
How we run dry lining on your site
Every job has a named contracts manager, who visits the site often and is the one number your site manager rings. Each plot is photographed and recorded on a cloud-based quality system, signed off by the contracts manager and reviewed by our construction administrator before it is offered to you.
The records are kept in Site Audit Pro. You can have them on request. So your site manager is not our snagging department.
Which board goes where on a new-build home
The specification sets the board. On most new-build homes that means standard wallboard to general walls and ceilings, moisture resistant board to wet rooms, and fire rated or acoustic board where the fire and sound design calls for it.
The board named in your specification is the board in our price.
| Board | Where it goes | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Standard wallboard | General walls and ceilings | Lining and a surface to finish |
| Moisture resistant board | Bathrooms and en suites, and kitchens where specified | Resists moisture behind tiles and in humid rooms |
| Fire rated board | Integral garage walls and ceilings, and other walls or ceilings the fire design names | Gives the fire resistance the design calls for, as part of a tested system |
| Acoustic board | Separating walls and floors, where the design calls for it | Adds mass to cut sound between homes |
| Insulated board | External walls, where specified | Lining and insulation in one fix |
What we need to price your dry lining
Send the drawings, specification, inclusions list, scope and programme. You get a fully compliant price by the date your tender sets, and a straight answer on whether we have the labour to meet your programme.
Our quote is our quote.
The record
Schemes where we carried out dry lining
The client, the place, the number of homes and the contract value.
| Scheme | Client | Homes | Tenure | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westcombe ParkHeybridge, Essex | Countryside Partnerships | 450 | Mixed tenure150 affordable | £3.5m | On site |
| Victoria GardensGreat Plumstead, Norfolk | Orbit Homes | 272 | Mixed tenure136 affordableHalf social housing | £2m | On site |
| Samphire MeadowsFrinton, Essex | Taylor Wimpey | 231 | Mixed tenure42 affordable | £1.7m | On site |
| Dovecote GardensSpixworth, Norfolk | Orbit Homes | 225 | All affordable | £1.8m | On site |
| Harolds GateHarleston, Norfolk | Orbit Homes | 162 | All affordable73 social rent, 89 shared ownership | £1.2m | On site |
| Castleton GrangeEye, Suffolk | Persimmon Homes | 127 | Mixed tenure25 affordable | £930k | On site |
| Avalon PlaceEaston, Norfolk | Orbit Homes | 72 | All affordable47 affordable rent, 25 shared ownership | £450k | Handed over |
| Beaulieu ParkChelmsford, Essex | Countryside Partnerships | 66 | Mixed tenure26 affordable | £500k | Handed over |
| Brook GardensElmswell, Suffolk | Orbit Homes | 65 | All affordable31 social rent, 34 shared ownership | £520k | Handed over |
| Homestead ParkStonham Aspal, Suffolk | Orbit Homes | 46 | Mixed tenure24 affordable | £300k | Handed over |
| Station RoadEccles, Norfolk | Strand Developments | 24 | Mixed tenure6 affordable | £260k | Handed over |
- Westcombe Park
Heybridge, Essex
- Client
- Countryside Partnerships
- Homes
- 450
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 150 affordable
- Value
- £3.5m
- Victoria Gardens
Great Plumstead, Norfolk
- Client
- Orbit Homes
- Homes
- 272
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 136 affordable
- Value
- £2m
- Samphire Meadows
Frinton, Essex
- Client
- Taylor Wimpey
- Homes
- 231
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 42 affordable
- Value
- £1.7m
- Dovecote Gardens
Spixworth, Norfolk
- Client
- Orbit Homes
- Homes
- 225
- Tenure
- All affordable
- Value
- £1.8m
- Harolds Gate
Harleston, Norfolk
- Client
- Orbit Homes
- Homes
- 162
- Tenure
- All affordable
- Value
- £1.2m
- Castleton Grange
Eye, Suffolk
- Client
- Persimmon Homes
- Homes
- 127
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 25 affordable
- Value
- £930k
- Avalon Place
Easton, Norfolk
- Client
- Orbit Homes
- Homes
- 72
- Tenure
- All affordable
- Value
- £450k
- Beaulieu Park
Chelmsford, Essex
- Client
- Countryside Partnerships
- Homes
- 66
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 26 affordable
- Value
- £500k
- Brook Gardens
Elmswell, Suffolk
- Client
- Orbit Homes
- Homes
- 65
- Tenure
- All affordable
- Value
- £520k
- Homestead Park
Stonham Aspal, Suffolk
- Client
- Orbit Homes
- Homes
- 46
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 24 affordable
- Value
- £300k
- Station Road
Eccles, Norfolk
- Client
- Strand Developments
- Homes
- 24
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 6 affordable
- Value
- £260k
Questions
What buyers ask us
- Who are the dry lining contractors for new-build housing in East Anglia?
- JMC Drywall Ltd is a dry lining contractor based in Tiptree, Essex, working on new-build housing across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and East London. It is on 21 live sites, for clients including Orbit Homes, Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon Homes and Countryside Partnerships. It has traded since 1998 and, by its own estimate, has completed more than 30,000 homes.
- How large a dry lining package can JMC Drywall take on?
- JMC Drywall Ltd is dry lining 450 homes at Westcombe Park in Heybridge for Countryside Partnerships, a contract worth £3.5m across four trades. It is also on site at Victoria Gardens, 272 homes, and Samphire Meadows, 231 homes. Send the programme with your tender enquiry and we will say plainly whether we have the labour for it.
- Which trades do you carry out with the dry lining?
- On our current schemes, dry lining sits alongside other trades under one sub-contract. At Harolds Gate in Harleston, 162 homes for Orbit Homes, we carry out dry lining with tape and jointing. At Castleton Grange in Eye, 127 homes for Persimmon Homes, it comes with tape and jointing and external render. Send the trades you want priced with your tender enquiry.
- Which manufacturers' boards and systems do you install?
- JMC Drywall Ltd is on the installer registers of British Gypsum, Knauf, Saint-Gobain Weber and K Rend. We install the board and system named in your specification. Where a specification names a manufacturer's tested system for fire or sound, we fix it as the manufacturer details it, as the test result depends on it.
Trades
Priced and managed as one sub-contract
- Tape and jointingTape and jointing contractors for new-build homes in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and East London. On six current schemes, from 66 homes to 450.
- PlasteringSkim and traditional plastering for new-build housing in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and East London. On five current schemes, four for Orbit Homes.
- Metal stud partitionsMetal stud partitions for new-build housing in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and East London. On four current schemes, including 450 homes at Westcombe Park.
- CeilingsMF and suspended ceilings for new-build apartment blocks and communal areas in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and East London, from a base in Tiptree.
Tender enquiries
Pricing your next scheme?
Send us the drawings, specification, inclusions list, scope and programme. You will get a fully compliant price by your tender deadline, and a straight answer on whether we have the labour to meet your programme.
- Ring
- 01621 810293
- Email the estimating team
- estimating@jmcdrywallltd.co.uk