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GYPSUM PLASTER BOARD [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction
  • Plywood
  • Do-it-yourself (Hobbies)
DEF

A type of lining board with a cardboard surface and a gypsum core.

OBS

Drywall is a common building material used for the finish lining of interior walls and ceilings. Drywall is also commonly referred to as gib board or gib in New Zealand.(GIB is a registered trademark of Winstone Wallboards.) Gypsum board or plasterboard in the UK [United Kingdom] and Ireland, Rock lath or sheetrock in the United States, Gyprock in Australia and Canada(GYPROCK is a registered trademark of CSR Building products Australia) and referred to as Rigips in Eastern Europe and Germany. A drywall sheet is basically made by sandwiching gypsum plaster between two sheets of paper to form a liner.

OBS

Gib: An abbreviation for Gib Board, itself an abbreviation of Gibraltar Board, all Winston Wallboards’ tradenames for drywall (plasterboard).

Key term(s)
  • GIB board

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction
  • Contreplaqués
  • Bricolage
OBS

Gib : marque de commerce.

Key term(s)
  • panneau Gib

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
  • Interior Covering Materials
  • Thermal Insulation
DEF

Gypsum plaster board with an aluminium foil bonded to its rear surface. This provides the board with increased thermal insulation properties(if associated with an air space) and increased resistance to water-vapour permeation.

Key term(s)
  • insulating gypsum board

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
  • Revêtements intérieurs
  • Isolation thermique
OBS

Le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, 1982, vol. 8, page 8175, mentionne que «placoplâtre» est un nom déposé. Par contre, le Grand Robert de la langue française, 1985, vol. 7, p. 444, ne fait pas cette distinction.

OBS

placoplâtre : Plâtre coulé entre deux feuilles de carton.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
CONT

Joint filler. Similar in manufacture and appearance to texture plaster, gypsum joint filler is used to make the paste for filling nail holes and covering joints in gypsum wallboard and also to make the adhesive used in laminating two sheets of board together.

Key term(s)
  • joint plaster

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
CONT

Il existe [...] des plaques de parement en plâtre et carton [...] montées sur tasseaux de bois, ossature métallique ou bien collées au moyen de plâtre adhésif sur la paroi à doubler [...]

OBS

Il s'agit de panneaux en plâtre [...] Leur assemblage se fait au moyen d'une colle spéciale à base de plâtre.

Spanish

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