Benefits & Costing

Typical 10mm non-fire rated plaster board or so called 13mm fire proof plasterboard as well as single sheets of plasterboard cannot meet high-rise and commercial building FRL Fire resistance levels over 60 ,90 and 120 minutes, without the need for multiple layers of fire proof plasterboard in fire separation walls.

The 10mm FireCrunch fire proof building board will however move the fire resistance level to FRL 90/90/90 with one 10mm MgO sheet each side of a 92mm steel framed fire separation wall or double stud timber frame. This results in a huge reduction of direct costs in material; more so the expensive labour rate per m2 to install, at least double, and in some cases three layers on each side. The extra hidden costs of the extra site work can increase time and delivery fees for double and even treble the material handling. This should not be overlooked and can vastly help to improve the all-important ROI for the developer builder.

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Fire resistant to extremely high temperatures (1200ºC).
Meets BAL FZ and up to FRL 90/90/90.
Non-combustible (AS 1530.1) and smoke release AS/3837.
Fire Tested (AS 1530.4/2016)
30,60 90 Minute fire resistance
Non-asbestos, NATA Australian certification.
Resistant to flooding and prolonged water emersion.
Resistant to bacteria moisture, humidity, mould and mildew.
Completely resistant to termites and insects.
Low thermal conductivity ~0.44 (W/mk).
Higher R values than plasterboard.
Less expensive, eliminates multiple layers of plasterboard for high FRL.

Australian Standards (Certificated in Australia)

See certifications:

Fire
1.5 hours 1 x 10mm sheet.

Impact
10 times stronger than plasterboard, load bearing 55kN (1.5 hrs) at 1200⁰C (see CSIRO fire test report).

Acoustics
Rw 62 AS/717.1 (see report certification).

Asbestos
Nil content test AS 4964 R and U value (see Tech info charts).

Handling
Cuts, saws, drills, routs, with timber tools, power gun screwing, massive time saving on installation

Labour cost benefits
FireCrunch Requires 1 sheet each side for FRL up to FRL 90/90/90 (p/ board needs 3 layers 13mm each side).

Strength
10 x Stronger than Plaster Board.

Eco-Friendly
95% less Co2 Emission than Plaster Board

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Australian Standards (Certificated in Australia)

FireCrunch has been fire tested by Australia’s highest testing authority, the CSIRO.

FireCrunch has been fire tested by Australia’s
highest testing authority, the CSIRO.