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Impact Damage Resistant

Wall Systems

Building Solutions For Hospital Projects - V10.2

Copyright 2010

Contents

standard compounds and methods.

Damage that may occur is more easily repaired.
Violet coloured face paper for easy identification.

General Installation
Introduction

Advantages

Applications

Material Specifications

Design Considerations

Framing

Plasterboard Installation

Architectural Specification

Handling & Storage

Health, Safety & Guarantee

Contact Information

Introduction
CSR Gyprock Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems
provide a higher degree of soft body impact resistance, that
is, resistance to the bumps and knocks which occur in high
traffic public buildings every day.
An important element in CSR Gyprock Impact Damage
Resistant Wall Systems is CSR Gyprock Impactchek,
which is a purpose designed fibreglass bonded and mesh
reinforced plasterboard that exceeds the requirements of
the Building Code of Australia (BCA) for soft body impact
resistance.
Impact damage resistance is not directly related to acoustic
performance, and acoustic requirements should be
addressed as an additional issue where appropriate.

Advantages
Soft body impact resistance in excess of the BCA strength
requirements.
Can be used in fire rated systems.
Can be used together with
standard 13mm plasterboard.
Can be used effectively in
acoustic wall systems.
Easy to install.
Saves time and money compared
to other impact resistant wall
systems.
Uses standard plasterboard
fasteners and fixing methods.
Easy to joint and finish using

Applications
Gyprock Impactchek plasterboard has been primarily
developed for use in areas that are required to be resistant
to soft body impact in accordance with the Building Code
of Australia Clause C1.8.
Although the highest impact damage resistance is only
required by the BCA in some Class 9 Building situations,
the inherent impact resistance of Gyprock Impactchek
plasterboard makes it ideal for all areas of high pedestrian
traffic in all building types, and it should be used wherever
there is a risk of impact damage. These risk areas include
corridors, foyers and stair shafts in commercial buildings,
shopping centres, cinemas, offices, sports stadiums,
schools, hospitals and nursing homes, and walls in public
transport structures such as railway stations or bus and
airport terminals.
Gyprock Impactchek plasterboard can also be used in
fire rated wall systems with a fire rating level (FRL) of up to
120/120/120 where higher impact damage resistance is
also required.
Gyprock Impactchek is also useful in acoustic wall systems
given the products high density.

Material
Specifications
GYPROCK IMPACTCHEK PLASTERBOARD
Sheet Length:

3000 mm

Sheet Width:

1200 mm

Sheet Thickness:

13 mm

Sheet Mass:

10.5 kg/m2

Gyprock Impactchek has undergone extensive NATA

accredited testing in accordance with BCA Specification C1.8.

IMPACT AND ABRASION TESTING

Soft Body Impact Test :

MT 176-99.

Indentation Test:

MT 177-99.

EARLY FIRE HAZARD INDICES

GYPROCK
Product

Group No.

Average Specific
Extinction Area

13mm
IMPACTCHEK

<250

Gyprock Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems

Design
Considerations

FIRE RESISTANCE LEVEL.

The Fire Resistance Level (FRL) of a CSR fire rated wall
system will not be detrimentally affected by the substitution
of lining material as detailed in Table 1.

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.

SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS.

All wall configurations detailed in Table 2 have been

laboratory tested to establish their structural performance
characteristics.

The Sound Transmission Class (STC) of a CSR wall system

will not be detrimentally affected by the substitution of lining
material as detailed in Table 1.

To produce this specified performance, field installation of

these systems must comply with the stud spacings detailed
and all relevant installation detailing as specified in the
CSR Gyprock Fire & Acoustic Design Guide, NGYP500
or the CSR Gyprock Steel Frame Wall Systems Installation
Guide, NGYP544.

Where 13mm Gyprock Impactchek is used in lieu of 13mm

Gyprock Plasterboard CD, an improvement in the STC may
be experienced. Further technical assistance is available from
CSR designLINK telephone 1800 621 117.
TABLE 1. LINING SUBSTITUTION.
Replace this lining

with this lining

The substitution of materials or a compromise in assembly

may result in failure under critical conditions.

1 x 13mm Gyprock CD

1 x 13mm Impactchek

1 x 13mm Fyrchek

1 x 13mm Impactchek

IMPACT RESISTANT
WALL SYSTEMS.

1 x 16mm Fyrchek

1 x 13mm Impactchek +
1 x 13mm Fyrchek

2 x 13mm Fyrchek

1 x 13mm Impactchek +
1 x 13mm Fyrchek

An impact resistant wall system can be designed

and constructed from any wall system detailed in the
CSR Gyprock Fire & Acoustic Design Guide, NGYP500,
by substituting Gyprock Impactchek plasterboard in lieu
of the specified CSR Gyprock Plasterboard products as
detailed in Table 1.
The Gyprock Impactchek must be applied to the traffic
side or sides of the wall in accordance with the BCA
requirements, and can be either the first or second layer in
two layer systems.

MINIMISING WALL DAMAGE.

To minimise the risk of wall damage from normal day-to-day
usage, the following items should be incorporated wherever
appropriate.
Door Stops Hand Rails Crash Rails Chair Rails.

TABLE 2. COMPARISON OF IMPACT AND UDL RESISTANCE

USING ALTERNATIVE STUD SPACING AND LINING MATERIAL COMBINATIONS.
Typical Wall Application

Wall Lining Material

Stud Spacing

Soft Body Impact Resistance *

UDL Resistance

Public corridor, stair shaft

1 x 13mm GYPROCK Impactchek

600mm

400mm

1.0 kPa

and fire isolated exit in a

1 x 13mm GYPROCK Impactchek +

spectator stand, sports

1 x 13mm GYPROCK Fyrchek

600mm

400mm

1.0 kPa

600mm

350mm

1.0 kPa

stadium, cinema, theatre,

1 x 13mm GYPROCK Fyrchek +

railway station, bus or

1 x 6mm CSR Fibre Cement Wallboard

airport terminal .(Some

1 x 9mm CSR Fibre Cement Wallboard

600mm

350mm

1.0 kPa

Class 9 Buildings)

2 x 16mm GYPROCK Fyrchek

400mm

350mm

1.0 kPa

Walls of stairways and

2 x 13mm GYPROCK Fyrchek

600mm

175mm

0.35 kPa

1 x 16mm GYPROCK Fyrchek

600mm

150mm

0.35 kPa

1 x 13mm GYPROCK Fyrchek

600mm

125mm

0.25 kPa

service shafts and fire

isolated exits generally.
Fire resisting walls generally.
* Drop height of 27.2kg sand bag

Gyprock Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems

IMPACT DAMAGE RESISTANT WALL SYSTEMS.

The systems detailed here are only a sample of the possible CSR Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems. Refer
to the CSR Gyprock Fire & Acoustic Design Guide for additional systems which can be upgraded to include increased
Soft Body Impact Resistance.
CSR 039

FRL
//

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK IMPACTCHEK Plasterboard.

Steel Studs at 600mm maximum centres.
1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK Plasterboard CD.

CSR 610
FRL
/90/90
and
30/30/30
FAR 2357

1 layer x 6mm CSR Fibre Cement Wallboard.

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK FYRCHEK Plasterboard.
Steel Studs at 600mm maximum centres.
1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK FYRCHEK Plasterboard.
1 layer x 6mm CSR Fibre Cement Wallboard.

CSR 040 + Soft Body Impact Resistance 1 Side

Applications

Where increased Impact

Resistance is required
1 side and NO Fire
Resistance is required.

Applications

Where increased Impact

Resistance is required 2
sides and Fire Resistance
is required.

Applications

FRL
/90/90
and

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK IMPACTCHEK Plasterboard.

Where increased Impact

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK FYRCHEK Plasterboard.

Resistance is required 1

30/30/30

Steel Studs at 600mm maximum centres.

side and Fire Resistance is

FAR 2357

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK FYRCHEK Plasterboard.

required.

CSR 075 + Soft Body Impact Resistance 1 Side

Applications

FRL
/120/120
and

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK IMPACTCHEK Plasterboard.

Where increased Impact

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK FYRCHEK Plasterboard.

Resistance is required 1

90/90/90

Steel Studs at 600mm maximum centres.

side and Fire Resistance is

FAR 2357

2 layers x 13mm GYPROCK FYRCHEK Plasterboard.

required.

CSR 075 + Soft Body Impact Resistance 2 Sides

FRL
/120/120
and
90/90/90
FAR 2357

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK IMPACTCHEK Plasterboard.

1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK FYRCHEK Plasterboard.
Steel Studs at 600mm maximum centres.
1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK FYRCHEK Plasterboard.
1 layer x 13mm GYPROCK IMPACTCHEK Plasterboard.

Applications

Where increased Impact

Resistance is required 2
sides and Fire Resistance
is required.

Gyprock Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems

Framing
Steel or timber framing must comply with the relevant
specifications detailed in the CSR Gyprock Fire & Acoustic
Design Guide, NGYP500.

accompanying accessories as manufactured or supplied by

CSR Gyprock.
Steel frame components shall be those manufactured by
Rondo Building Services Pty Ltd and/or marketed by CSR.

WALL SYSTEM SPECIFICATION.

Plasterboard
Installation

The contractor shall supply and install CSR Gyprock /

CSR Fibre Cement *Steel or Timber Frame Wall System
*NCSR..............

FIXING

*Installation shall be carried out to the level specified for an

acoustic performance of ............ Rw/Rw+Ctr

CSR Gyprock Impactchek Plasterboard sheets can be

fixed either horizontally of vertically and must be installed
to the same specifications as detailed for the layer it is
replacing.

Installation shall be in accordance with details published in

CSR Gyprock Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems,
NGYP511 and CSR Gyprock Fire & Acoustic Design
Guide, NGYP500 and other relevant CSR Gyprock
literature.

Appropriate installation details can be found in the CSR

Gyprock Steel Frame Wall Systems Installation Guide,
NGYP544, or the CSR Gyprock Fire & Acoustic Design
Guide, NGYP500.

PROTECTION DURING
CONSTRUCTION.
All assemblies shall be suitably protected from exposure to
excessive moisture during installation to avoid water damage
to the Gyprock Impactchek plasterboard.

CUTTING.
It is recommended that Gyprock Impactchek be cut from
the back of the sheet (mesh reinforced side) to avoid tearing
of the backing paper.

*The wall shall have a Fire Resistance Level ...../...../..... in

accordance with the requirements of AS1530.4.

FRAMING.
*Single/staggered/double row stud wall framing shall consist
of lipped steel studs *...........mm x .................BMT installed
at ............mm maximum centres into steel floor and ceiling
track *........... x 32mm x ........... BMT.
*Single/staggered/double row stud wall framing shall consist
of timber studs ...........mm x .................installed at ............
mm maximum centres (on top and bottom plates of ...........
mm x ...........mm).

PLASTERBOARD.
The framing shall be lined on the first side with one layer of
*...........mm CSR Gyprock .......... plasterboard.

JOINTING AND FINISHING.

*The second layer shall be ...........mm CSR Gyprock

........................... plasterboard.

Jointing and finishing of the outer layer of plasterboard

shall be in accordance with CSR Gyprock Plasterboard
Installation Manual, NGYP547.

The second side of the framing shall be lined with one layer
of *...........mm CSR Gyprock .................... plasterboard.

Architectural
Specification
SCOPE.
The contractor shall furnish all materials, labour and
equipment for the installation and jointing of the CSR
Gyprock Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems where
indicated on the drawings and/or as specified.

MATERIALS.
All lining materials shall be CSR Gyprock plasterboard and
Gyprock Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems

*The second layer shall be ...........mm CSR Gyprock

........................... plasterboard.

PLASTERBOARD FIXING.
All layers shall be fixed to the framing as specified for the relevant
system in the CSR Gyprock Fire & Acoustic Design Guide,
NGYP500, and other relevant CSR Gyprock Installation Guides.

JOINTING AND FINISHING.

Jointing and finishing of the outer layer of plasterboard
shall be in accordance with CSR Gyprock Plasterboard
Installation Manual, NGYP547.
* Insert or select appropriate specifications.
NOTE: This information can be downloaded from
www.gyprock.com.au

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Health &
Safety

Contact Details

Information on any known health risks of our products

and how to handle them safely is on their package and/or
the documentation accompanying them.

CSR Gyprock Sales Support

CSR Gyprock Web Site

www.gyprock.com.au

Additional information is listed in the Material Safety Data

sheet.
To obtain a copy, telephone 1800 807 668.

Telephone: 13 17 44
Facsimile: 1800 646 364
CSR designLINK Technical Support Service
Telephone: 1800 621 117
Facsimile: 1800 069 904
New South Wales and ACT

Guarantee

376 Victoria Street, Wetherill Park NSW 2164

CSR Building Products guarantees its Gyprock products

to be free of defects in materials and manufacture.

Queensland
768 Boundary Road, Coopers Plains QLD 4108

If a CSR product does not meet our standard, we will,

at our option, replace or repair it, supply an equivalent
product, or pay for doing one of these.

Victoria

CSR recommends that only products, components

and systems recommended by it be used.
If this is not done, CSR will need to be satisfied that
any defect in its product is attributable to our failure to
meet our standard (and not another cause) before this
guarantee applies.

Lot 100 Sharp Court, Mawson Lakes SA 5095

This guarantee excludes all other guarantees and liability

for damage or loss in connection with defects in CSR's
product, other than those imposed by legislation.

277 Whitehall Street, Yarraville VIC 3013

South Australia

Western Australia
21 Sheffield Road, Welshpool WA 6106
Tasmania
PO Box 61, Glenorchy TAS 7010
Northern Territory
Cnr Stuart Hwy & Angliss St, Berrimah NT 0828

CSR Gyprock, CSR Building Products A.B.N. 55 008 631 356.

The following are trade marks of CSR Limited and are under license.
CSR, Gyprock, Supaceil, Soundchek, Aquachek, Impactchek,
Fyrchek, Fyrchek MR, EC08, Bradford, designLINK.
Publication GYP511.BMS9720.0111

Gyprock Impact Damage Resistant Wall Systems