Report FAR 4659 lists the Group Number and Average Specific Extinction Area of all Knauf wall and ceiling linings in accordance with AS 5637.1 : 2015.
The BCA (Building Code of Australia) regulates the fire hazard properties of lining materials in Class 2 to 9 buildings according to Specification C1.10. Wall and ceiling linings must have a low enough group number for use in certain areas depending on the Class of building. The group number indicates how quickly wall and ceiling linings spread fire with Group 1 products the slowest and Group 4 the fastest. Wall and ceiling linings in some buildings must also have an Average Specific Extinction Area less than 250 m2/kg.
Most of the tested Knauf wall and ceiling linings are Group 1 except plasterboard ceiling tiles covered with plastic (vinyl or polyolefin).
All Knauf wall and ceiling linings tested had an Average Specific Extinction Area of <250 m2/kg as required by Specification C1.10, Clause of the BCA.
Group No. | |
MastaShield | 1 |
SpanShield | 1 |
Spangrid – Vinyl-faced | 2 |
WaterShield | 1 |
SoundShield | 1 |
FireShield | 1 |
MultiShield | 1 |
Soundshield | 1 |
Spangrid – Paper-faced | 1 |
CurveShield | 1 |
Spangrid – Polyolefin | 2 |
Designpanel | 1 |
Stratopanel | 1 |
Permarock | 1 |
Contrapanel | 1 |
Opal | 1 |
Trurock | 1 |
Plaza | 1 |