Lightweight partitions formed from metal or timber studs are the most common method used to build the internal walls that form rooms in a home.

Advantages

Plasterboard partitions can achieve high levels of sound insulation when the correct balance of plasterboard, frame and glasswool insulation are selected. They allow for fast subdivision of a basic building envelope to form the rooms of a house or apartment.

Using glasswool insulation between the plasterboard sheets of a partition wall improves the acoustic resistance substantially because it absorbs the reverberated sound within the void inside the partition. This allows lighter and thinner plasterboards to be used which reduce the load on the structure and eases both site handling and the installation.