Gypsum Board Partition Material Calculation | Drywall Material calculator - Lceted

Gypsum Board Partition Material Calculation

Drywall is a high-performance and lightweight wall partition made of a GI steel frame attached to gypsum plasterboards with self-drilling drywall screws. The joints are then taped (joint tape) and finished with gypsum joint wall compound.

 

 

 

Material Required for Drywall Partition | Components of Drywall Partition

Floor and Ceiling Channel: Fixed to floor and ceiling for securing

’C’ Stud: Used as the vertical supporting wall framing

Noggin Channel: Used for horizontal support

I Stud: For shaft wall (If required)

AcouStud: Used as the vertical support in wall framing. This is a specialist stud which will give high acoustic performance (If required)

Glass wool/rockwool: for sound insulation

Gypsum Board: For 100mm thick partition we will fix metal stud partitions which includes two layer of gypsum board | 12.5mm (gypsum board) + 12.5mm (gypsum board) + 50mm channel + 12.5mm (gypsum board) + 12.5mm (gypsum board) = 100mm thick partition

For 75m thick partition we will fix metal stud partitions which includes single layer of gypsum board | 12.5mm (gypsum board) + 50mm channel + 12.5mm (gypsum board) = 75mm thick partition

Joint compound: this is used with paper or fibre joint tape to seal joints between sheets of drywall to create a seamless base for paint

Joint tape: mesh tape material used between the gypsum board to cover the joints

Drywall screw: Self-tapping trumpet head screw with case-hardened grey phosphate coating. To fix plasterboard to a metal framework

Drywall nail: used for floor and ceiling channel

 

 

The installation process of Drywall partition

a.   Line marking

b.   Fixing of floor channel

c.    Fixing of ceiling channel

d.   Fixing of starter stud

e.   Placing of studs

f.     Creating an opening for door & windows

g.   Crimping of studs

h.   Fixing of Noggin channel

i.     Provision for planned loading (tv-support or any other)

j.     Passing of services (electrical and data line)

k.   insulation inside cavity

l.     Boarding

m. Complete Jointing Finishing by using Compound & Tape

n.   Remove excess Jointing Compound before surface coating

 

 

Gypsum Partition Material Calculation | Drywall Material Calculation | Gypsum Board Quantity Calculation

Example: We have BOQ line item like this

Providing and fixing Double skin gypsum board of 12.5 mm thick over Gypsteel of size 50 mm framework. Square and tapered edges of the boards are to be jointed and finished so as to have a flush look which includes filling and finishing with jointing compound, paper tape and two coats of primer suitable for Gypboard (as per the recommended practice of IGL). Cost to inclusive of Thermoacoustic insulation with thermal bonded polyester fibre to make Twiga of 50mm thick with a density of 20kg/m³ to be wrapped with RP.Tissue. Note: Glass Wool with RP. Tissue packing of size 600 x 600mm. Make of Stud & Channel - Gypsteel. Make of gypsum - India Gypsum, Saint Gobain, La Gyp.

 

 

 

We need to find a quantity of gypsum board, “C”- stud, floor and ceiling channel, Tissue paper, glass wool, noggin channel, drywall screw, nail, joint tape, joint compound and primer

 

Given data/Known details:

Partition board Size: 6x4 ft

Partition Thickness: 100mm - Double skin gypsum board

Partition Length: 10ft (take it for calculation)

 

Partition Height: 13ft (take it for calculation)

 

Gypsum Partition Material Calculation

Partition Board Required/ Gypsum Board Quantity Calculation = (Total Partition Area/Partition Board Area) x 4

Note:

For 75mm thick partition | single layer= x 2 sides,

For 100mm thick partition | double layer = x 4)

Partition Area = Partition length x height = 10 x 13ft = 130 sqft

Partition board Area = 6x4 = 24sqft

Partition Board Required/ Gypsum Board Quantity Calculation = (130/24) x 4

= 5.416 x 4

Partition Board Required = 21.664 – 22 no’s

 

Floor and Ceiling Channel Calculation

Floor and Ceiling Channel = (Length of partition/12) x 2 no’s

Note:

12 = length of Floor and Ceiling Channel in ft

2 = for top and bottom channel

Floor and Ceiling Channel = (10/12) x 2 = 1.67 – 2nos

Floor and Ceiling Channel = 2nos

 

’C’ Stud Channel Calculation

’C’ Stud = Length of partition/2 (distance between studs) +1

Note:

2 = distance between studs in feet

’C’ Stud = 10/2+1 = 6nos

’C’ Stud = 6nos

 

Noggin channel Calculation

Note: we should provide a noggin channel between studs in the height of 3ft and 9 ft for the horizontal support. We required 2 nos of noggin channel between the stud, but we will take 3 nos per gap for additional support

Noggin channel = 3 no’s x (Partition Length/2) = 3 x (10/2) = 15nos

Noggin channel = 15nos

 

Thumb rules for calculating joint tape, joint compound, drywall screw, nail, and glass wool

Glass Wool/Rock wool =130-140 sqft/roll

joint compounds = 0.069kg/sqft

Joint Tape = 370 ft./1000 sqft per roll

Drywall screw: 200nos/100 sqft

Nail: 125nos/ 100sqft

Note: above thumb may or may not approximate: Find your own thumb rule by collecting the data from on-site

 

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