Lafarge Plasterboard has supplied all the drylining requirements for the recently opened Jackson Square shopping centre extension in Bishops Stortford. Conneely Drylining has installed Lafarge's Firecheck wall board throughout the 100,000 square foot retail mall, including the complex high ceiling. The mall features 8.5m high partitions which were constructed using the company's 146mm C Stud to achieve the necessary height and stability. These showcase telescopic deflection heads with fire umbrellas constructed on site to allow for the anticipated downward deflection. The structural steel columns were fire protected using Lafarge's Cormet column and beam clip system. The system is simple to install and can provide up to 180 minutes fire protection.

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Providing a means of improving sound and fire performance, a new acoustic bracket from Lafarge Plasterboard also enhances partition and lining rigidity. The 'VBrace 90' minimises sound transmission between the two sides of twin frame partition constructions and between plasterboard linings and masonry walls. A 90? brace has a central V section which provides a sound break with an improvement of five decibels in sound attenuation, the company claims. Resilience is retained by the brace at forces up to some 500N/m?. Suitable for independent linings to external masonry walls, it is used for separating partitions in a range of different dwellings.

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