Updated drylining specifiers guide

Split into sections, the revised guide covers everything from writing a specification to performance and material characteristics through to installation and inspection. It offers a series of points to consider when carrying out the specification of all types of drywall, and provides updated and revised information including:

• Addition of Building Safety Act dutyholder requirements
• Updated information on individual, organisational and functional competence management
• Update to sustainability advice
• Addition of Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI)
• New guidance on information management requirements
• Addition of referenced standards including BS EN 14195 (metal framing components)
• Changes to BS 8000-8: 2023
• Removal of BS 8212

The guide sits alongside other FIS Best Practice Guides that relate to drylining:

• Best Practice Guide to Drylining
• Pre-construction Site Guide to Drylining
• Construction Site Guide to Drylining
• Other technical notes covering plastering​, finishing, safe ingress of plasterboard and others

Commenting on the drylining guides, James Parlour Vetting and Technical Manager at FIS said: “A well written specification not only ensures the installation meets the client’s requirements, but it also means the specifier’s requirements are less open to interpretation. Our new and updated guides allow professionals to reduce risks, support compliance and most importantly of all encourage responsible planning.”

A valuable resource for improving works package delivery, these guides work well when they are included in proposals and project plans to demonstrate how to best approach a project.

You can download the Specifiers’ Guide to Drylining here