Enhanced fire resistance provides commercial grade fire protection for residential projects.
Introduced at the 2015 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) annual International Builders’ Show (IBS), Georgia-Pacific Gypsum delivers a new wallboard providing home buyers with the increased safety and security they value most. Patent-pending ToughRock Fireguard 45 Gypsum Board is the only standard 1/2-inch interior wallboard to be enhanced with fire-resistance properties for use in a 45-minute UL classified fire rating.
Conventional home construction consists of using 1/2-inch drywall for walls and ceilings. Home builders have only been able to provide fire-rated wall and ceiling assemblies to home buyers with a heavier, more expensive, traditional 5/8-inch Type X drywall product or one-half-inch Type C drywall product. With Georgia-Pacific’s new 1/2-inch ToughRock Fireguard 45 Gypsum Board, home builders can now provide customers with a cost-effective option for increased fire resistance in their new home or remodel construction.