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4 products with full specifications.

Installation

Guidance from the FERREX catalogues that applies across the drywall framing systems range.

Building a drywall partition

A drywall partition is a lightweight galvanised steel frame, faced on both sides with gypsum plasterboard fixed with self-drilling drywall screws. The joints are taped and finished with gypsum jointing compound.

  1. Mark the wall line and any door openings on the floor, then on the ceiling.
  2. Stick the seal to the track and fix it to the floor and ceiling, with an anchor every 400mm. Mark the stud positions top and bottom.
  3. Set each stud at least 15mm into the ceiling track, spaced out and all facing the same way. The maximum stud spacing is 610mm.
  4. Fix the gypsum board to the first side, working toward the open side of the stud.
  5. Add insulation to improve sound and fire performance.
  6. Board the second side for further stability, then finish the joints and screw heads.
  7. Do not fix boards to the tracks, so the wall can accommodate movement without cracking.
Drywall Partitions & Ceiling Systems catalogue, page 7
Cutaway of a drywall partition: FERREX deep track and track at head and base, FERREX studs, acoustic insulation, plasterboard on both sides, sealant at the perimeter and jointing

Standards

Material and manufacturing standards as listed in the FERREX catalogues, including superseded editions where the catalogue names them. They describe the listed products, not a current certification. Request current test and compliance documents for your specification.

Drywall partitioning and dryline ceiling systems

Studs, tracks, channels, angles and trims

Drywall Partitions & Ceiling Systems, page 4
Manufacturing
BS EN 10162:2003; BS 5234-1:1992; BS 7364:1990; BS EN 14195:2005; ASTM C645
Galvanised steel
BS EN 10346:2009 (formerly BS EN 10142:1991), coating Z120, Z180 and Z275; ASTM A653/A653M
Aluminium
BS EN 573-3:2009; BS EN 485-2:2008; ASTM B209M
Preformed wire clip and hanging wire
Galvanised steel wire to BS EN 10244-2:2009; ASTM A641/A641M
Adjustable spring clip
Carbon steel strip to BS EN 10132-4:2000, zinc plated to BS EN ISO 2081:2008, phosphated to BS 7371-9:1996
Hot-dip galvanising after fabrication
BS EN ISO 1461:1999 (formerly BS 729); ASTM A123/A123M
Powder coating
BS 6497:1984

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