Partition walls and floors between rooms must provide
appropriate levels of fire resistance as well as acoustic insulation.
Fire performance
requirements are given in HTM 81 which is based on Approved Document
B of the Building Regulations (see table
7 and table 8 earlier
in this document for minimum periods of fire resistance of elements).
Please
refer to HTM 81 or call the Xella technical hotline for further details.
Fermacell board may be used in wall
and floor solutions for hospitals to meet the acoustic requirements
of HTM 56 and 2045 and the fire resistance requirements of
HTM 81 (see table 15 below or call the Xella technical
hotline for further details). Wall and floor solutions using Fermacell board
naturally also offer
superior performance characteristics
in terms of strength and robustness, resistance to impact damage and resistance
to pull out for fixings.
