Versatility of Triboard Showcased in Multi-Use Carpentry Workshop

With vast experience in the carpentry industry, owners Rob and Andrew Bennie’s new workshop is just down the road from the Juken Triboard factory, thus giving them an experienced understanding of the versatility and quality of Triboard panels, having used the product for decades.

This family team is a hive of activity in an epic rural setting. Rob's son Andrew has been part of the team for 11 years and now runs the Joinery division, along with Andrew’s partner Catherine who has also joined the ranks and is two years into her apprenticeship.

The new workshop has been built to expand the business and employ new staff whilst investing in the far north. All is going to plan, and the specialised team are very busy on multiple residential and commercial renovation and joinery projects.

Rob, Andrew and their team are true advocates of Triboard and will continue to incorporate it in their upcoming designs. The strength, versatility and natural look and feel of Triboard ticks all the boxes for them and the team, making it an easy choice in their designs.

Triboard applications in the Kiwi Carpentry workshop are:

Internal linings
Work benches (Bench Tops)
Mobile workstations
Shelving / vertical and horizontal
Timber racks
Doors (sliding and hung)
boxing (36mm Triboard offcuts for concrete boxing)

A recent project completed by Kiwi Carpentry is the temporary Covid centre in Kaitaia. Triboard used in this project will be uninstalled and reused for a new project. Triboard 10mm was perfect for wall partitions with a quick, solid install.

Triboard is a 3-layered panel with a wood strand core sandwiched between an MDF outer “skin”. The result is a clean-lined panel with high resilience, impact resistance, and greater stiffness than similar products. The dimensionally stable core provides superb load-bearing and screw holding, and the MDF surfaces give a smooth finish for painting or overlaying. This innovative combination of smooth surfaces with inner strength makes it ideal for a wide range of internal structural and non-structural applications — panel housing, structural walls, floors, fire-rated doors and inter-tenancy walls, solid core doors, bracing panels, benchtops and shelving. Triboard is available in a variety of panel sizes, thicknesses and densities.

For more info, go to jnl.co.nz

To get in touch with Kiwi Carpentry, contact Rob Bennie on 021 023 78853 or email [email protected]

Triboard — Construction Wall System

Juken New Zealand

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Triboard Construction Wall System is perfect for prefabricated housing, residential and commercial builds.

Innovative combination of smooth surfaces with inner strength makes Triboard ideal for a wide range of structural and non-structural applications.

Domestic, industrial and commercial walls and ceilings
Floors including access floors, mezzanine, warehouse/factory, and theatre or cinema floors
Solid-core doors
Partition systems
Domestic, industrial and commercial shelving
Bracing panels
Shop fittings, substrate for veneers and laminates, furniture components, school and commercial furniture
Fire door systems that significantly simplify the manufacturing process
Inter-tenancy Fire Rated and Acoustic Walling Systems

Triboard has been BRANZ appraised as a Construction System for use in single unit (detached) Risk Group SH housing which meets the scope of Clause 1.1.2 of NZS 3604 within the limitations listed below.

In the opinion of BRANZ, the Triboard Construction System comprising wall and ceiling panels and connections, if designed, used, installed and maintained in accordance with statements and conditions of the Appraisal, will meet the following provisions of the NZ Building Code:

Clause B1 Structure: B1.3.1, B1.3.2, B1.3.4
Clause B2 Durability: B2.3.1 (a)
Clause F2 Hazardous Building Materials: F2.3.1

Triboard meets Group 3 fire rating for internal surface finish.

Triboard — TGV Lining

Juken New Zealand

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Triboard TGV is a durable lining for walls and ceilings.

FSC Certified

Common sheet sizes: 2400 x 400 x 15mm / 3740 x 400 x 15mm
Suitable for home renovations, sheds, beach houses, garages, and workshops — where high impact resistance is required
Paint-ready. MDF surfaces offer a grade 5+ paint finish capability
Easy to install. The panels are light enough for a one man installation

Tongue and Groove joint:

Each TGV panel is 400mm wide and it may be that the stud centres are not at 400 or, if lining a Portal or Pole shed, it’s likely that there will be no studs at all. Having a Tongue and Groove joint between the Triboard panels means that it doesn’t matter what centres the studs are because no framing is needed behind the join.
Or, in the case of having girts only in a portal building, you don’t need to install vertical nogs to support the edge of the sheet as you would for other lining products.

Triboard TGV as Wall Bracing:

Owing to the narrow (400mm) width of a TGV panel, it is generally not suited to installation as bracing as the fixings required to the bottom plate are prohibitive
Should Wall Bracing be required, full size Triboard sheets are available in 10mm and 15mm. Bracing figures compliant with NZS3604 are available from Juken.

Fixing Triboard TGV Panels to the frame:

When lining Steel Portal Sheds:
- Self-Tapping 8g screws suitable for light gauge steel with Drill or Winged points, fixed into the horizontal girts
- Girts should be at no more than 1.0m spacing vertically
- The screws are recommended at approximately 180mm centres in each panel. (3 per panel per girt)
When lining a Timber Portal or Pole Farm Shed:
- Use 8g CSK wood screws 35-40mm long into the girts
- Install screws to the same fixing pattern as for steel (3 per panel per girt)
- The same fixing is appropriate into the horizontal nogs of conventionally framed timber walls

Self-Tapping 8g screws suitable for light gauge steel with Drill or Winged points, fixed into the horizontal girts
Girts should be at no more than 1.0m spacing vertically
The screws are recommended at approximately 180mm centres in each panel. (3 per panel per girt)

Use 8g CSK wood screws 35-40mm long into the girts
Install screws to the same fixing pattern as for steel (3 per panel per girt)
The same fixing is appropriate into the horizontal nogs of conventionally framed timber walls

Panel adhesive is recommended for all fixing types:

As Triboard is not used as wall bracing, and therefore doesn’t perform a structural role, these fixing specifications are simply guidelines
For less visible fixing, good results can also be obtained using gun fired nails or brads in conjunction with panel adhesive.

See Juken website for full information

Improved impact resistance over some traditional internal lining solutions
MDF surfaces offers a grade 5+ paint finish capability
Made in New Zealand from a responsibly managed forest resource — Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified

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