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Gyproc Habito Plasterboard

  • 21-09-2015 5:11pm
    #1
    tedimc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭


    I was at the self build show in City West a couple of weeks back and seen this at the Gyproc stand.

    It's a plasterboard that is supposedly better at sound proofing and can hold a significant amount of weight just by using regular screws. They had a 15kg dumbbell hanging from 4 wood screws. It also seems to be a lot more resistance to impact.

    Has anyone come across it? It's supposed to be twice the price of regular and isn't available till March '16 - but I'm considering holding out on my dry-lining till then.


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  • #2
    Strolling Bones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 615 ✭✭✭Strolling Bones


    Sounds like a product called Fermacell.
    Basically a very dense gypsum board , not new.


  • #3
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    calcium silicate boards definitely a better product.


  • #4
    tedimc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭tedimc


    Thanks guys, I'll look into these a little more.

    In general, are they worth the extra expenditure for these types of boards? The sound insulation is a nice to have, but the big thing for me is the increased strength. I know you cant hang an 80" plasma on them, but even just for pictures, mirrors, nailing skirting, etc.

    Any other manufacturers I should be looking at?


  • #5
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,374 ✭✭✭893bet


    tedimc wrote: »
    the big thing for me is the increased strength. I know you cant hang an 80" plasma on them, but even just for pictures, mirrors, nailing skirting, etc.

    That is what the stud wall behind the plaster is for!


  • #6
    tedimc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭tedimc


    There's the rub - it's not a stud, its for a drylined wall with 80 to 100mm of insulation. I'm probably going to use separate plasterboard and insulation as opposed to the insulated boards.


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  • #7
    Citroen2cv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭Citroen2cv


    They do not have an insulated version of this yet, according to one of the guys at the stand. It will follow next year AFAIK.


  • #8
    Strolling Bones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 615 ✭✭✭Strolling Bones


    I think you need to figure out where you actualy need racking strength and provide points of stiffness in your drylining instead of paying a premium for high racking strength to all places.

    There are plenty of DIY pugs available to fix lightweight items into ordinary plasterboard.

    But for curtain poles , radiators , large TVs - just plan ahead and use hardwood timber grounds.


  • #9
    gyproc_ireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭gyproc_ireland


    <VERIFIED REP INSTRUCTIONS SENT>

    dudara


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