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2. Magnesium oxide wallboard - Wikipedia

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   Magnesium oxide, more commonly called magnesia, is a mineral that when used as part of a cement mixture and cast into thin cement panels under proper curing procedures and practices can be used in residential and commercial building construction. Some versions are suitable for general building uses and for applications that require fire ...

3. Cement board - Wikipedia

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   A cement board is a combination of cement and reinforcing fibers formed into sheets, of varying thickness that are typically used as a tile backing board. [1] Cement board can be nailed or screwed to wood or steel studs to create a substrate for vertical tile and attached horizontally to plywood for tile floors, kitchen counters and backsplashes.

4. HOA threatens fine if owner doesn't remove tiles it approved ...

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   The board is going to impose fines on me if I don’t remove them, and they’re also going to prevent me from selling my unit. I can’t afford to pay $1,000 to remove the tile. Please let me ...

5. Drywall - Wikipedia

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   Various sized cuts of 1 ⁄ 2 in (13 mm) drywall with tools for maintenance and installation . Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, [1] wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (), with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of ...

6. List of fire-retardant materials - Wikipedia

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   Fire-retardant materials are designed to burn slowly.. Fire-retardant materials should not be confused with fire-resistant materials. A fire resistant material is one which is designed to resist burning and withstand heat.

7. Fireproofing - Wikipedia

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   Fireproof vaults to protect important paper documents are usually built using concrete or masonry blocks as the primary building material. [citation needed] In the event of a fire, the chemically-bound water within the concrete or masonry blocks is forced into the vault chamber as steam, which soaks the paper documents to keep them from igniting.

8. Firewall (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Building and structural fire walls in North America are usually made of concrete, concrete blocks, or reinforced concrete. Older fire walls, built prior to World War II , used brick materials. Fire barrier walls are typically constructed of drywall or gypsum board partitions with wood or metal framed studs.

9. Gypsum block - Wikipedia

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   A gypsum block is made of gypsum plaster and water. The manufacturing process [1] is automated at production plants where raw gypsum (CaSO 4 ·2H 2 O) is ground and dried, then heated to remove three-quarters of the bound water and thus transformed into calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CaSO 4 ·½H 2 O), also known as gypsum plaster, stucco, calcined gypsum or plaster of Paris.