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THE COMPANY FERMACELL SETTING STANDARDS Environmentally Certified Sound Insulating Manufactured from recycled materials. Simple Party Wall constructions. Impact Resistant Reduces double layering or use of Sheathing Ply. Modern construction needs modern materials. Design innovation combined with increasing pressure from Building Regulations means that materials must save time and money on site and offer technically superior solutions. Fermacell is one such material. A high performance multi-purpose building board that when installed combines the properties of solid blockwork with the speed and...

THE COMPANY FERMACELL, THE MULTI-PURPOSE BOARD GENERAL PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS There are a vast array of construction systems and techniques to consider when specifying internal nishes. For partitions, this is most apparent when the properties required of the nished wall call for more than one type of building board to be used in the construction. Hotel bathrooms, for example, often require Moisture Resistance with Acoustic Insulation and Fire Protection. Hospitals will add Impact Resistance and exibility in accepting wall mounted ttings to this. These criteria almost always demand compromise...

Fermacell is available in standard sizes as well as custom formats up to 6000mm x 2540mm. Wallboard thicknesses range from 10mm to 18mm. This choice gives both specier and installer the ability to select the most appropriate product to speed installation and eliminate waste. ONE-MAN BOARD One-man boards are available in 1200 x 800, 1200 x 1200 and 1500 x 1000mm. STANDARD SIZE BOARDS Standard size boards in thicknesses from 10mm to 18mm are available. Special sizes to eliminate waste and reduce jointing are available to order. TAPERED EDGE BOARDS Tapered edge boards are available with 2 or 4 sided...

THE COMPANY FERMACELL FOR WALLS AND CEILINGS FERMACELL BOARD DATA - A SELECTION OF EXAMPLES DATA, NOMINAL VALUES Dimensional tolerances at constant humidity – Board dimensions Diagonal difference Nominal density, strength Nominal density (production target) Bending strength (after drying at 40°C), at right angles to the board surface Transverse strength Certied tensile values according to DIN 1052 (Permit No: Z-9.1-434) Square edge boards 1500 x 1000mm 1200 x 1200mm 2400 x 1200mm Bending perpendicular to the board surface Bending in board surface Tension in board surface Pressure in board surface...

THE COMPANY FERMACELL TRAINING Our technical support staff are fully qualied to provide detailed technical solutions – usually at the time of your enquiry. Where special detailing or a non-standard solution is required we shall undertake to have given a preliminary answer within 48 hours. Visits either to your premises or site may be arranged according to your requirements. Please call us for further assistance. Fermacell is an innovative, high performance product and installation techniques, whilst not difcult, are different to standard Dry Lining practice. For this reason we recommend that...

FIRE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA All materials used in construction in England and Wales must meet “reaction to re” and “re resistance” performance criteria. Performance Criteria Fermacell Gypsum Fibreboards carry this Class 0 classication together with Euroclass A2, the second highest performance level under new EU rules of appropriately tested gypsum wallboards. Fermacell also carries a class 1 surface spread of ame certication, the highest achievable. The “re resistance” performance criteria deal with the duration that a complete construction can delay the collapse of a building that is burning,...

ACOUSTICS AN INTRODUCTION TO SOUND the human voice radio and television loudspeakers musical instruments Fire Acoustics WHAT IS SOUND FREQUENCY? The vibrations that produce individual sounds are measured in cycles per second and written in hertz (Hz) units which are termed the “frequency”. The human ear, which picks up sound from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, has varying sensitivities to different frequencies although the optimum range is between 1,000 Hz to 4,000 Hz. Airborne sources of sound, generated in the air by a vibrating object, include: The result is the decibel scale, which starts at 0 dB –...

ACOUSTICS AN INTRODUCTION TO PART E The Approved Document E is guidance to acoustic performance standards for houses, ats, schools, hotels and hostel types of accommodation. Whether new build or material change of use, all projects have different criteria, to improve the sound insulation and privacy between domestic and residential rooms. PART E AT A GLANCE E1 The regulations to protect against sound from other parts of a building or adjoining buildings apply to dwelling houses, ats and “rooms for residential purposes” in hotels, hostels, boarding houses, halls of residence and care homes and...

While a graph of sound insulation vs. frequency may be plotted from one third octave band measurements between 100 Hz and 5,000 Hz, a simplied rating method has been drawn up. By overlaying the measured sound insulation graph with a standard curve shape on which the position may be altered to meet certain criteria, a single gure may be calculated from the sound insulation spectrum. This single gure, when achieved in lab tests, is the Weighted Sound Reduction Index (Rw) and is called the Weighted Standardised Level Difference (DnT,w ) following site tests. 100 SOUND INSULATION DESIGN By plotting...

ACOUSTICS SOUND INSULATION IN DWELLINGS SOUND INSULATION IN DWELLINGS SEPARATING WALLS, FLOORS AND STAIRS Fermacell Gypsum Fibreboard totally satises the requirements of Part E. It must be remembered that pre-completion tests must be carried out on site by an accredited third party test body on 10% of all different types of new dwellings. The airborne sound insulation standard for separating walls, oors and stairs in purpose built dwelling houses and ats is 45 dB, expressed as DnT,w + Ctr. This target, with the addition of the Ctr correction factor, will ensure substantial sound insulation. Floors...