Fire Resistant Partitions & External Walls Sydney from Promat

Partitions and external walls are used to separate buildings, enclose compartments and contain fire to provide a barrier to the passage of fire from one side to the other and are able to satisfy each of the relevant fire resistance criteria (integrity, insulation and, if the wall is loadbearing, load bearing capacity) from either side for the prescribed period. The application of partition and external wall systems using Promat boards covers both non loadbearing and loadbearing situations in commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and high-rise constructions, or in the restoration of existing buildings.

Promat's internal partition systems require less material to achieve similar fire resistant level when compared to the industry average wallboard partition systems. The single layer board application leads to simplified construction methods over other equivalents hence increased productivity and reduced overall installation cost.

General Design Considerations
Here are some of the factors which should be considered when determining the correct specification to ensure a partition or external wall will provide the required design performance under both fire and ambient conditions.

• Studwork design
• Non loadbearing partitions
• Loadbearing partitions
• Deflection
• Movement joint
• Caulking & service penetrations
• Fire doors & glazing
• Partition junction

Partitions & External Walls Category
The system design depends on performance requirements but in overall terms, partitions and external walls can be divided into:

Non-loadbearing Systems / Loadbearing Systems