Fire Resistant Board
Knauf Fire Resistant Gypsum Boards (FR) are high performance gypsum boards used as the cladding component of drywall constructions such as:
- Fire rated partitions using metal frames
- Fire rated suspended ceilings using metal frames
- Fire rated furring and wall linings
- Fire rated shaftwalls
- Lightweight constructions
- Easy, fast and dry application
- Good sound insulation performance
- High fire protection performance
- Contains glass fibre additives to maintain the integrity of board for longer time periods than standard boards when exposed to fire
- A material that breathes and balances room climate and humidity levels
- Environmental friendly
- Limitless design options
NOTE: Fire resistant gypsum boards are just part of a complete fire rated assembly.
To achieve a certain fire rating on a Knauf drywall assembly, the complete system components from Knauf has to be used and the assembly has to be installed according to Knaufs installation guidelines