Ceilings & Insulation: Construction Materials I
Ceilings & Insulation: Construction Materials I
Ceilings & Insulation: Construction Materials I
Construction Materials I
outcomes
After completion of this module the student must have sufficient knowledge of the
general characteristics, uses and practices of the materials as building
components, be able to specify it in terms of normal one storey residential
buildings, and recognise good and poor practice on site.
content
ceilings & insulation
Historical background
Purpose
Terms and definitions
Materials
Accessories
Finishes
Insulation materials
Tutorials & questions
historical background
insulation – a barrier to the natural flow of heat (and sound) from a area
of high temperature to an area of low temperature
Sizes:
Widths of 900 &1200
Lengths of 2700 to 4800 on 300mm
increments
Why so popular?
Thickness of 6.4mm or 9.5mm
How fix ceiling?
fibre cement
Manufactured with:
1.Portland cement
2.Silica
3.Organic fibre
Use: Damp conditions
eg?
Sizes:
Widths of 900-1200
Lengths 1800-3600 in
300mm increments
Thickness: 4mm, 6mm
thatch and reed
How Install?
Residence Mathey-Sonia Leithgob
plastered
pressed steel / tin (moulded)
other
recycled materials
other
no ceilings?
plasterboard [gypsum]
2 700 - 4 800
6,4 / 9,5 mm board 900 and 1 200 mm
(300 mm increments)
2700 - 4 200
75 mm cove cornice
(300 mm increments)
2 700 - 4 500
cover/jointing strip
(300 mm increments)
plasterboard sizes
plasterboard
Tie beam
Brandering
Fish lines for leveling
Wallplate
Cross brandering
Spacing of brandering?
Wall
jointing strips
fixing of brandering
Spacing of brandering?
Wall
Wallplate
Jointing strip
Wall
accessories
cornices
accessories
cornices - moulded
accessories
ceiling roses
accessories
What types of
insulation do you know
of?
insulation
1.Fibreglass blankets
2.Aluminium Foil
3.Fibrous insulation
4.Expanded polystyrene
fibreglass blankets
How Install?
fibreglass blankets
aluminium foil
aluminium foil
fibrous insulation
Depth of 40mm,
50mm,75mm
How Install?
fibrous insulation
expanded polystyrene
Bibliography
Handisyde, C. 1967. Building Materials Science and Practice. London. The Architectural Press
Swift, P. 2003. The complete book of owner building in South Africa. Cape Town. Struik
Wegelin, H. Fisher, R. 2002. Notes on building construction in southern africa for tertiary education
Single Storey Dwelling Build. University of Pretoria.
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