Abstract:
Disclosed is a building board construction with increased surface strength. More specifically, increased nail pull strength is achieved via the application of an external surface coating. The surface coating is ideally applied to a paper faced gypsum building board. In one possible embodiment, the coating is formed from a water soluble polymer.
Abstract:
Perforated gypsum-based boards, in particular perforated gypsum plasterboards or perforated gypsum fibreboards, are provided with spacer elements on at least two side surfaces, which allow straightforward processing to give a ceiling or a wall with the formation of a fixedly predetermined joint width between adjacent perforated boards.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a building board with increased heat and fire resistance. Boards constructed in accordance with this disclosure have lower densities while at the same time containing larger amounts of anti-shrinkage materials. In one embodiment, a board was constructed with a density of less than 1,750 lbs/msf while at the same time including anti-shrinkage additives in amounts greater than 14% by weight of the core material. The inventors have discovered that beneficial, and heretofore unexpected, levels of fire resistance can be achieved by using increased amounts of anti-shrinkage additives in lower density building boards.
Abstract:
A method for continuously forming gypsum-based panels of high fixing strength comprises the steps of: • forming a mixture comprising stucco, non-pregelatinized migratory starch, glass fibre, fluidizer and water; • casting the mixture in a continuous band; • maintaining the band under conditions sufficient for the stucco to form an interlocking matrix of set gypsum; • cutting the band to form one or more wet panel precursors; and • drying the wet panel precursor to form one or more gypsum-based panels. • The weight ratio of water to stucco in the mixture is less than 0.7; • the stucco is present in the mixture in an amount of over 60 wt% relative to the total solids content of the mixture; • the starch is present in the mixture in an amount of over 3 wt% relative to the the stucco; • the glass fibre is present in the mixture in an amount of over 1 wt% relative to the stucco; • the fluidizer is is present in the mixture in an amount of at least 0,1 wt% relative to the stucco; and the density of the gypsum-based panel is greater than 700 kg/m.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to using polyester films on building boards to enable improved surface coatings. The polyester film is preferably applied to a glass mat via an adhesive to form a laminate. This laminate is then bonded to the exterior surface of a gypsum board. The polyester film is advantageous because it allows for exterior surface coatings to be applied. In one embodiment, an exterior acrylic coating is applied to the polyester film. Boards constructed in accordance with this disclosure allow for exterior finishings to be achieved without the need for excessive finishing materials or steps.
Abstract:
A gypsum board has two opposed faces, and a fibrous mat being embedded in one of the faces of the board. The fibrous mat comprises fibres that are bound by a polymeric binder. The length of the fibres is greater than 20 mm, and the diameter is greater than 14 micron. The polymeric binder is substantially formaldehyde-free. The fibrous mat achieves fire resistance in the gypsum board without the need to incorporate flame retardants into the binder, as well as providing flexural strength.
Abstract:
A panel for use in building construction comprises a plasterboard having two opposed faces, a polymer-based lamina being provided on one of these faces. The polymer-based lamina is characterised in that it is provided by a material for which the work done under uniaxial tensile stress to achieve a tensile strain of up to 0.12 is greater than 2.1 MJ/m 3 .
Abstract:
A panel for use in building construction comprises a substrate board having two opposed faces. A lamina is secured to a first one of the faces of the substrate board by means of one or more regions of bonding between the lamina and the board. The one or more regions of bonding cover a total area that is less than 20% of the total interfacial area between the lamina and the board.
Abstract:
A panel for use in building construction comprises a substrate board having two opposed faces. A lamina is secured to a first one of the faces of the substrate board by means of one or more regions of bonding between the lamina and the board. The one or more regions of bonding cover a total area that is less than 20% of the total interfacial area between the lamina and the board.
Abstract:
A connector 1 for connecting together first and second elongate frame members 28, 23 of a stud wall. The first member 28 comprises an axially extending channel and the second member 23 has a channelled longitudinally extending profiled surface 27. The connector has a first elongate end 20 adapted to slidably fit into the channel at one end of the first frame member 28 and a second end 21 having a ribbed distal end face 22 which comprises a profile which is complementary to the channelled surface of the second frame member. In use, the distal end face of the connector 1 is butted up against and comes into complementary engagement with the channelled surface of the second frame member 23. A screw 30 holds the connector 1 against the profiled surface of the second member 23 to form an L-shaped structure which forms two sides of the desired frame.