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12. Wallboard selection for timber frame and steel frame homes:

Villaboard cement fibre sheet is recommended (but NOT Gyprock or cardboard and gypsum wallboard (green wallboard) was banned in America in 2006, by the American equivalent of the CSIRO, Australia's leading testing authority. Unfortunately, Australia Industry has not acknowledged these failures and are still not conceding a ban is required, despite many failures. Cement-based wallboard photographed exclusively in "The Bathroom Book Standards Australia". Various manufacturers now retail cement fibre sheet but Villaboard has been used as a generic name for cement-based wall board in Australia.


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