Technical Statement
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    
Product Description
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Scope of use
                                                                    Interior applications
    - Hermpac panelling and boards/battens can be direct fix to timber battens/framing, or installed over a plywood or MDF, plasterboard substrate
 
    - Panelling profiles can be fixed to Rondo ceiling system using Hermpac panelling clips and specialty fixings.
 
    - 9-12mm panelling installed at 400-450mm centres (depending on specie and fixing methodology)
 
    - 18-28mm panelling installed at 400-600mm centres (depending on specie and fixing methodology)
 
Load considerations - ensure the roof trusses can carry the load of the specified specie and profile/s. Contact Hermpac for confirmation of per sqm weight for your chosen timber lining.
 
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    New Zealand Building Code (NZBC)
                                                                    The product will, if employed in accordance with the supplier's installation and maintenance requirements, assist with meeting the following provisions of the building code:
                                                                    
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Evidence
                                                                    The product meets the requirements set out in the following documents, or relevant parts of cited standards within the documents:
                                                                    As per BRANZ Good Practice Guide: Internal Linings - Section 6.20. Timber Panelling.
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Supporting evidence
                                                                    The product has and can make available the following additional evidence to support the above statements:
                                                                    
                                                                        
                                                                            
				
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                                                                    Use in Service History
                                                                    Timber has been used in New Zealand homes and buildings for more than a century.
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    
Product Criteria
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Design requirements
                                                                    Refer 5124HL
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Installation requirements
                                                                    Refer 5124HL
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Maintenance requirements
                                                                    
    - No regular recoating required
    Refer selected fire coating manufacturer for specific maintenance requirements for fire rated timber 
    - Coatings may break down over time
 
    - Timber will be subject to natural wear and tear over its serviceable life
 
 
 
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Environmental
                                                                    Hermpac currently purchase timber under the following chain of custody schemes: FSC and PEFC.
American White Oak and American White Ash are purchased via American Hardwood Export Council. Refer: AHEC | American hardwood | Sustainability
 
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Relationships
                                                                    
                                                                        
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                                    
                                                                                        
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Building Product Information Requirements
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Manufacturer
                                                                    
                                                                        
Legal Trading Name:
                                                                        Hermpac
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                        
Business Email:
                                                                        technical@hermpac.co.nz
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                        Company Website:
                                                                        www.hermpac.co.nz
                                                                     
                                                                    
                                                                        
Contact Number/s:
                                                                        09  4219840 
                                                                    
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Product Identifier
                                                                    CLASS 2
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Warnings
                                                                    This product has no warnings associated with it.
                                                                 
                                                             
                                                            
				
					
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					Date last validated: 
                                                                            08 February 2024 | 
					
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					Date last updated: 
                                                                            08 February 2024 |