daiking Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I was on a (industrial) site recently and spotted lots of yellow-ish plasterboard. Aware of the significance of blue, green and red varieties but unsure of yellow, I looked it up and suspect it was gyproc duraline or similar that gives better impact protection. I just wondered why I hadn't seen it mentioned in a domestic environment? Cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Cost is one factor. Weight and ease of cutting/scoring are others, not to mention momentum and force of habit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiking Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, jack said: Cost is one factor. Weight and ease of cutting/scoring are others, not to mention momentum and force of habit! That I understand but Fermacell gets mentioned and now there's the Habito stuff, which presumably have the same issues. Just wondering what the additional 'cons' are with the duraline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 could have been aqua board, used in place of hardy backer for showers and alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Glasroc H Tilebacker according to my site book ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiking Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 It was a corridor/stairwell in a dry building so unlikely to have been anything wet related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I believe (but don't know for sure) that Fermacell is another order of magnitude harder to cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex C Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 The habito plasterboard looks promising as it is both more dense and able to take screw fixings. It is almost as heavy as sound bloc, so good at reducing sound, but heavy to carry and install. I haven't looked at cost yet but will be interesting to see how it stacks up against a sheet of 11mm osb with a standard sheet of 12.5 over the top, which is my current preffered route. This gives the ability to fix to any wall and also helps with a flush shadow gap type skirting detail which needs a double panel thickness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 59 minutes ago, jack said: I believe (but don't know for sure) that Fermacell is another order of magnitude harder to cut. Can be cut and snapped quite easily or you can use a cordless circ saw - will be useless by the end as the dust does for power tools !! Corners and reveals are easy with a bearing guided router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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