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Walls & Finishes
Drywall, brandered ceilings, plaster, insulation, paint, cladding.
Drywall Partition CalculatorRhinoBoard, studs, track and screws for a partitionPlastering & Rendering CalculatorCement and plaster sand for internal and external wallsCeiling Insulation CalculatorInsulation R-value for your SANS 10400-XA energy zoneBrandered Ceiling CalculatorRhinoBoard, branders and screws for a ceilingWallpaper CalculatorRolls needed with pattern repeatPaint CalculatorPaint for walls and ceilings, with coats and tin sizesExterior Paint CalculatorHouse walls and gables, with surface textureFibre-Cement Plank Cladding CalculatorNutec planks, battens, nails and corners
Guides for this trade
Walls & Finishes
Mortar and plaster mixes
Class I and Class II mortar, internal and external plaster, common or masonry cement: the Concrete Society’s quantities and how to batch them on site.
3 min readWalls & FinishesCeilings: brandering, gypsum boards and finishes
How a brandered RhinoBoard ceiling is built and counted: brander size by truss spacing, brander centres by board and finish, board sizes and screw spacing, from Gyproc’s guide.
3 min readWalls & FinishesCeiling insulation under SANS 10400-XA
The roof R-values SANS 10400-XA asks for in each energy zone, how to choose an insulation product to meet them, and how to work out the quantity.
3 min readWalls & FinishesHow much paint do I need?
Work out the area, the coats and the litres, then the South African tin sizes to buy, with spread rates from Plascon’s published data.
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