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		Partition Wall Making - Course: Timberwork techniques. Trainees' handbook of lessons (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 19 p.)
			(introduction...)
			1. Necessity of Partition Walls
			2. Limitation of Rooms
			3. Surface Covering
			4. Framework of the Partition Wall
			5. Calculation of the Pitch Size
			6. Scribing of the Structural Components
			7. Erection of the Partition Wall
			8. Constructional Recommendations

3. Surface Covering

The material of surface coverings depends on the use of the rooms.

The material applied for rooms to be used as living rooms, for example, should have a surface with no open pores or which can be subsequently refined (faced).

Suitable materials for surface coverings are:

- Plaster cardboard slabs
The surface is finished.
- Hardboard slabs
The surface is smooth and finished.
- Particle board slabs
The surface can be puttied.
- Wood-wool slabs
The surface can be faced by plastering.

The surface covering should ensure a pleasant atmosphere to live in.

A surface covering of plywood or planed boards cannot be recommended for all walls of a room but such covering on one of the four walls is conducive to a cosy atmosphere to live in.

For rooms intended for storing purposes, the sensitivity of the materials to be stored is to be considered for the wall covering which may be made of:

- plywood,
- solid wood (planed or unplaned),
- wood-wool slabs (plastered or unplastered),
- particle board slabs (puttied or unputtied).