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Plasterboard, ghosting

Ghosts on my ceiling! How to deal with 'thermal ghosting'

Nobody likes living with ghosts, but they are not so bad when they are invisible. In terms of built structures ghosting refers ...
Products, Moisture, mould, intershield

Download the ‘Siniat Guide to Indoor Mould’

The 'Siniat Guide ...
Plasterboard, installation

Why is joint tape important?

Professional plasterers agree that joint tape is an important component of a full plasterboard ...
Plasterboard, screws, fixing

All you wanted to know about plasterboard fixing

The installation of plasterboard seems like a simple and straightforward process but as always, the devil is in the detail. ...
Plasterboard

Let’s talk about plasterboard maintenance

Let’s face it: Most property owners don’t give plasterboard a second thought after installation, unless a problem occurs. We ...
Plasterboard, ceilings, external ceilings

External plasterboard ceilings: What you need to know

Australians love spending time outdoors and the alfresco area has become almost standard in most modern homes.
Plasterboard, Design, Architecture

Curved walls are back!

The human brain naturally loves curves and now that we are spending more time indoors during the ...
Products, high-rise, fire protection

Fire protection in high-rise residential buildings

It’s everybody’s worst nightmare – a fire raging through your apartment block, with no room to ...
Products, Anchor Range
Knauf Screw Anchor

What you need to know about AS 5216

In 2018, AS 5216:2018, the Australian Standard for the “Design of post-installed and cast-in fastenings in concrete” was ...
Acoustic, Education

Classroom acoustics: It’s more complex than NRC

If you’re an architect designing educational facilities, you’ll know that reducing noise, both the background noise and the ...
Passive House

Does Passive House design increase the risk of indoor mould?

Passive House design is gaining popularity in Australia, but is building an airtight dwelling in some of our humid coastal ...
Hospital Design

COVID-19 will change the way we design hospitals

When doctors in Wuhan, China (where COVID-19 first emerged), studied 138 early cases, they concluded that 41 per cent of ...
Blog

Wet plasterboard: repair or replace?

There are various ways in which plasterboard can get wet. It may be due to direct contact with ...
Blog

Building in bushfire prone areas

More than
Blog
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The 5 principles of Passive House design

Passive House is gaining popularity in Australia as a design principle that can offer healthy, comfortable, low energy ...
Blog
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Can hot, dry weather increase the risk of plasterboard cracks?

Dry, hot weather can lead to a variety of concerns, including higher energy bills and the devastating bushfires of the ...
Blog
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Why SINIAT’s 4-in-1 plasterboard is perfect for the health sector

For architects and designers the construction and renovation of hospitals, health centres, doctors’ surgeries and nursing ...
Blog
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4 health risks of teaching in a noisy classroom

 
Blog
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8 workplace design tips for better acoustics

Office designers have a tough task on their hands: Employees demand privacy and confidentiality, but designers have to ...
Blog
kspec blog

6 reasons to love Siniat SELECT

Siniat SELECT (formerly known as K-SPEC) has been developed ...
Blog, Plasterboard, gyprock
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5 things you might not know about plasterboard

1. It’s been around for more than a century
Blog
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Condensation and the NCC: What's changed?

The National ...
Acoustic, Blog, Knauf KnowHow
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Instagram and the restaurant revolution

Restaurateurs are increasingly feeling the pressure to be “Insta-worthy”, but with all the focus on visual design elements, ...
Acoustic, Blog, Knauf KnowHow
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Open-plan classrooms are popular, but what about the noise?

Open-plan, collaborative learning spaces are on the rise in Australian schools, and while this design trend has advantages for ...
Acoustic
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Healing architecture and acoustics in hospitals

Nobody enjoys a trip to the hospital. It is associated with stress, illness and pain and being in an alien place away from the ...
Acoustic
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Quick and easy way to estimate reverberation time

Reverberation Time In an enclosed space, ...
Acoustic
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Acoustic design advice for café interiors

Café and restaurant designers face a difficult challenge when designing café interiors: how to create buzz and ambience, while ...
Design
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6 café design trends and ideas

If you’re about to open or makeover a coffee shop, café or casual restaurant, what are the café design trends and ideas to be ...
Acoustic
Hamlet_hospital

3 inspiring hospital design trends: colour, light and minimalism

Hospitals are generally not places people aspire to go to. Drab, grey and unwelcoming, with overworked and underpaid staff is ...
Acoustic
Florence_Nightingale

Hospital design and noise: A message from Florence Nightingale

Remember Florence Nightingale? The Lady with the Lamp?
Fire
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How to select a fire rated wall or ceiling

One of the most common questions we get asked is “how can one system have two different Fire Resistance Levels (FRLs) and what ...
Acoustic
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Recommended reverberation times for 7 key spaces

Sound ...
Acoustic
Rainforest

Soundproofing: Block it or absorb it?

Have you ever stood still in a rainforest to listen to the beautiful silence? Sometimes the only the sound you will hear will ...
Knauf KnowHow
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Avoiding the blame game if things go wrong in your project

When you're working on a construction project, whether it's a large commercial build or a home renovation, there are multiple ...
Moisture
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Best practice for waterproofing in showers

Up to 90% of bathroom complaints relate to waterproofing and leakages. Shower areas are particularly notorious for causing ...
Moisture
Townsville-Floods

Getting back in shape after flood damage

After some of Australia’s most extreme weather conditions in the far north east of the country, many people are still in ...
Moisture
MouldOnWall

Keeping unhealthy mould at bay

With so many of Australia's regions affected by hot and humid weather, especially during the summer months, it's likely that ...
Plasterboard
Painting-Plasterboard

Painting Plasterboard – getting the job done

Once the interior plasterboard walls are installed, your construction project is really starting to take shape, with just the ...
Plasterboard
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Painting Plasterboard – what are the standards?

When new plasterboard interiors are installed, how they’re coated for the first time will have a major impact in determining ...
Products
NATSPEC

NATSPEC recognises Knauf on NCPR Register

As an active participant in the construction industry with a focus on quality and safety, Knauf Australia is always looking ...
Plasterboard
Summer-dry-out

Summer dry-out – what’s the answer?

How to beat the heat and overcome the challenges of jointing plasterboard in extreme summer ...
Plasterboard
Glancing-light

Glancing light and how to minimise its impact

During the longer days of the summer months, the impact of glancing light becomes more apparent when home owners get to see ...
Acoustic
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Acoustic design ... why size matters

Acoustic design is one of those often ignored aspects or architecture – and it shouldn’t be. As Master of Sound