1. This Part specifies the requirements for use of dry wallboard or plaster board.
2. Related Parts and Sections are as follows:
This Section
1. The following standards are referred to in this Part:
1. Gypsum wallboard is to consist of either 9.5 or 12.7 mm thick gypsum plasterboard complying with BS 1230, having one face finished for direct decoration.
2. Thermal wallboard is to comply with Table 3.1 and consist of an insulation core having a thermal conductivity of not less than 0.037 W/mºC bonded on one side to the gypsum wallboard and on the reverse side with a water-vapour resistant membrane.
Table 3.1
Thermal Wallboard
Nominal Overall
Thickness
(mm)
Wallboard
Thickness
Insulation
Thickness
(mm)
Minimum Thermal
Resistance
(W/mdegC)
22 9.5 12.7 0.40 2512.7
12.70.42
289.5
19.00.57
3212.7
19.00.59
3. The edge profiles of wallboard to be:
4. Accessories for installing wallboard are to be approved proprietary materials recommended by the manufacturer of the board and are to comply with the requirements of BS 8000, Part 8.
1. Wallboards are to be stored flat in dry conditions and should always be carried on edge.
2. Rolls of sheet materials are to be stored standing on end.
1. The background is to provide supports at the maximum centres shown in Table 3.2. Additional framing members are to be provided as necessary to ensure that all board edges are supported.
Table 3.2
Type of Board
Thickness
(mm)Width
(mm)
Maximum Centres
(mm)(mm) Wallboard 9.5 900 450 4509.5
1200 400400
12.7
600 600450
12.7 900 450 450 12.7 1200 600 600Thermal
Wallboard
22 1200 400 400 25 1200 600 600 28 1200 400 40032
1200 600600
2. The boards are to be fixed to backgrounds with the paper covered edges vertical and to ceilings with the paper covered edges at right angles to the main supporting members/joists.
3. The boards are to be fixed to the backgrounds not nearer than 15 mm from the edges using 40 x 2 mm galvanized clout nails for wallboard and 60 x 2.5 mm galvanized clout nails for thermal wallboard.
4. The nails should be driven home straight and firmly so that the heads are slightly below the surface of the board. Care shall taken not to fracture the board. Care shall also be taken to ensure hat the insulation is not compressed unduly.
5. Boards to receive direct decoration are to be fixed so that:
6. The insulation to thermal wallboard is to be rebated at external angles to give a continuous plasterboard face.
1. The walls are to be thoroughly brushed down with a hard broom to remove dust, crystallised efflorescent salts and loose mortar.
2. bitumen impregnated fibreboard levelling pads size approximately 75 x 50 mm are to be bedded into minimum 3 mm thick plaster dabs set plumb by use of a straightedge and builder’s level at not more than 1 metre centres vertically and to bridge each board joint plus one intermediate row horizontally.
3. When the pads have set an adhesive recommended by the manufacturer of the boards should be applied to the wall in dabs to stand proud of the pads. Unless recommended otherwise the dabs shall be 50 to 75 mm wide by the length of the trowel with 50 to 75 mm gaps, in lines: (a) Set in 25 mm around the perimeter of each board. (b) On the line of the intermediate fixing pads.
4. The boards shall then to be pressed back firmly to the line of the pads and temporarily fixed with double headed nails until the adhesive has set. A true and flat surface should be achieved.
5. Boards to receive direct decoration are to be fixed so that:
6. The insulation to thermal wallboard is to be rebated at external angles to give a continuous plasterboard face.
1. The joints of square edge boards which are to receive a stippled textured coating are to be finished with a paper faced cotton joint tape fixed with a suitable adhesive.
2. The joints of bevelled edge boards are to have the “V” joint completely filled with joint filler and the surplus removed.
3. The joints of tapered edge boards should either be finished by the manual methods described in the following paragraphs, or except for joints at external angles, by approved mechanical methods recommended by the manufacturer of the board.
4. Before jointing commences the boards are to be checked to ensure that all are securely fixed and protruding screws or nails are driven home. Cut edges are to be lightly sanded to remove burrs and treated with a brush coat of PVC sealer.
5. Joints in straight runs of tapered edge boards are to be finished as follows:
6. Joints at internal angles of tapered edge boards are to be finished as follows:
7. Joints at external angles of tapered edge boards are to be finished as follows:
8. Nail and screw indentations are to be filled with joint filler and finished flush. When the filler has set a thin layer of joint finish is to be applied and the edges feathered out with the jointing sponge.
9. When all jointing and filling has been completed and the last application of joint finish has dried, a slurry coat of joint finish shall be applied over the entire surface of the boards to give an even sponged texture.
END OF PART