Plasterboards
Plasters Drylining
Knauf Drywall - Knauf Denseshield sheds weight and stays toughest
One of the toughest high performance plasterboards on the
market, Knauf Denseshield has shed some weight. This makes it
easier to work with – but it still provides the same impressive
impact resistance that has made it the material of choice for
busy areas such as corridors and stairwells. Knauf Drywall has
reformulated and improved its mustard-faced Denseshield –
reducing the weight of the 12.5mm product by 0.8kg/m2 and the
15mm board by 1.1kg/m2.
The new Knauf Denseshield is much easier to handle on site – and
to fix. The new formulation makes the board easy to screw
through, and the newly introduced, easy to recognise, zinc
coated Denseshield screws make installation a pleasure.
Knauf Drywall Plasterboard Product Manager Emma Olsen says the
new Knauf Denseshield is already proving popular with
installers. “Boards are now between 2kg and 4kg lighter,
depending on size and thickness, and this is a considerable help
to drylining contractors,” she says.
Tapered edge Knauf Denseshield is an impact resistant high
performance plasterboard, offering toughness, durability and
excellent load carrying capacity. It is designed for use in
partitions and linings in areas of heavy use, such as corridors,
stairwells or school classrooms, which face a greater risk of
impact damage.
Knauf Denseshield now weighs in at 10.8kg/m2 (12.5mm) and
12.8kg/m2 (15mm). In addition to its impact resistance, it
offers the same fire performance as Knauf Fireshield and
acoustic performance that is considerably better than standard
Wallboard. Knauf Denseshield has a thermal conductivity figure
of k= 0.24W/mK. It complies fully with BS EN520 and is
categorised as Types A, D, F, I, R.
Knauf Denseshield is manufactured at both of Knauf Drywall’s UK
plants and is available through merchants countrywide. It is
made in 1,200mm widths and 2,400mm lengths (12.5mm) or 3,000mm
lengths (12.5mm and 15mm). It is also available in Vapour Check
grade.
Knauf Drywall manufactures a full range of plasters,
plasterboards, insulating laminates, drywall accessories, metal
sections and steel building systems, for domestic and commercial
applications, from factories at Sittingbourne in Kent and
Immingham on Humberside.
Email:
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