摘要 |
A wall panel system for forming a wall surface on wall framing studs (12 ), and having wall panels (14 ) of reinforced magnesia based material arranged with edges of adjacent panels located in spaces between two adjacent studs, a backing strip (20 ) of wall panel material located in the space between two adjacent studs (12 ), behind the edges of the two adjacent panels (14 ), fastenings (22 ) securing the edges of the two adjacent panels to the backing strip (20 ), a gap (24 ) between the two panel edges, and an adhesive filler bonding compound (26 ) filling the gap and bonding the panel edges to one another, and further bonding the panel edges to the backing strip. Also disclosed is a method of erecting a drywall consisting of attaching a backing strip (20 ) to the back of a first panel (14 ), attaching that first panel (14 ) to the studs, with said backing strip located in a space between two studs, fastening another backing strip (20 ) along a free edge of a second panel (14 ), erecting that second panel in edge adjacent relation with the first panel and overlapping the backing strip (20 ) on the first panel, fastening the second panel (14 ) to the studs (12 ), and, fastening the second panel (14 ) to the backing strip (20 ) of the first panel (14 ). |