Rondo Steel Battens: The Clever Swap-Out to Minimise Ceiling Maintenance

When it comes to minimising maintenance costs for building owners, prevention of peaking or cracked joints, and popped fasteners, can notably mitigate the need for ceiling repairs and maintenance in the future.

Ceiling battens play a pivotal role in providing a stable substrate for plasterboard ceiling linings, so it is no surprise that GIB Rondo's 310 Metal Battens are fast becoming the smart alternative to timber battens for both commercial and residential projects.

Notoriously prone to temperature or atmospheric-induced movement and shrinkage, timber will likely cause increased ceiling movement and damage, making the benefits of swapping out timber for steel too significant to ignore.

GIB Rondo 310 Metal Ceiling Battens do not warp or twist with changes in moisture or temperatures significantly reducing the chances of cracked joints and popped fasteners.

The battens are lightweight and compact, providing easy handling and storage, with the added benefit of cost-effective transportation.

Availability in three lengths, 3.6, 4.8 and 6 metres, allows for easier installation with reduced cutting. When used with a 13mm thick plasterboard, GIB Rondo 310 Metal Battens can be installed at 600mm centres, meaning a faster installation and reduced labour costs.

Treated with a Z275 coating that exceeds the NZBC durability requirements for interior use, GIB Rondo 310 Metal Battens provide exemplary anti-corrosion protection, providing even further aid in the prevention of future ceiling maintenance.

Ceiling and Wall Systems — Seismic

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Rondo's Seismic Wall and Ceiling Systems are designed to cover the Rondo Steel Stud Drywall Framing System, as well as DUO and KEY-LOCK Ceiling Systems. Every component has been tried and tested at Rondo and at an independent laboratory in New Zealand by our Seismic research team.

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Rondo engineers offer seismic wall and ceiling designs tailored to a project's seismic requirements.

Seismic solutions are available for the following systems:

Rondo KEY-LOCK Concealed Suspended Ceiling System
Rondo DUO Exposed Grid Ceiling System
Rondo Steel Stud and Track Drywall Framing System

Fixing ceilings at the perimeter to walls or bulkheads is typically used for smaller ceilings and lower seismic loads.

Bracing in the plenum is typically used for larger ceilings and higher seismic loads.

Seismic designs for ceilings and wall systems have been prepared in accordance with the following standards:

AS/NZS 2785:2000: Suspended Ceilings — Design and Installation
AS/NZS 1170.0:2002: Structural Design Actions — Part 0: General Principles
NZS 1170.5: Structural Design Actions — Part 5: Earthquake actions — New Zealand
AS 1170.4:2007: Structural Design Actions — Part 4: Earthquake actions in Australia
AS/NZS 4600:2005: Cold-formed steel structures

The Rondo seismic systems will perform to the requirements of these standards when installed by an approved fixer in accordance with the recommendations contained in the Rondo Seismic manual, and other relevant manuals.

Ceiling and Wall Systems — Acoustic

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Rondo offers a selection of Acoustic Mounts that complement their range of wall and ceiling systems and have been tested to comply with the New Zealand Building Code (NZBC).

Suitable for Rondo Wall and Ceiling Systems:

Rondo Resilient Acoustic Mounts are suitable for use:

With the Rondo KEY-LOCK Concealed Suspended Ceiling System and multi-layer plasterboard linings when suspended or directly fixed:

Beneath a concrete slab
Beneath a timber floor

With Rondo Furring Channel and multi-layer plasterboard linings, and mounted on:

Timber stud walls
Masonry walls

Beneath a concrete slab
Beneath a timber floor

Timber stud walls
Masonry walls

Rondo commissioned acoustic experts, Norman Disney & Young Acoustic Services to advise, monitor and analyse an extensive programme of airborne sound and impact insulation tests.

Rondo's acoustic testing was carried out in controlled laboratories at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and CSIRO at Highett, Victoria.

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