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Building Boards a group of sheets of building materials often faced with paper or vinyl, suitable for use
as a finished surface on walls, ceiling, etc.
Types of Paper:
1. Sheathing Paper used to provide an airtight barrier over walls, floors, etc.
2. Roofing Paper A. roofing felts - used in making a built-up roof and are usually produced in 36
in. wide rolls, in various weights from 3 to 20 lb/square. B. Rolled roofing a heavy, mineral surfaced
paper used as a final roof covering, made 18 and 36 in. wide, in various weights from 45 to 120
lb/square.
3. Insulating Paper used to secure bulk and entrapped air with as much strength as possible.
Insulating papers are made from both wood-fiber insulating paper and asbestos fibers.
4. Cushioning Paper similar to wood-fiber insulating paper, but less attention is paid to strength.
Its chief use is for cushioning under linoleum, carpets, or slate roofing.
5. Vapor Barrier Paper- intended to prevent the passage of moisture vapor through walls, ceilings
and floors.
6. Laminating Paper a special, high strength kraft paper made for use in the production of plastic
laminates. The thin, strong paper is impregnated with liquid plastic resin and several sheet are
laminated together under heat and pressure to form the base for the plastic sheet.
7. Concrete Form Paper made from strong kraft paper in the form of a spiral tube and boxlike
from made from corrugated container paper.
8. Wallpaper paper from which decorative wallpaper is made.
9. Envelope Paper used as an outer covering or envelope for a number of building materials. One
of these is gypsum board, composed of a layer of calcined gypsum covered in both sides by a sheet of
kraft paper.
10. Fire Proofing Paper made from asbestos fibers, since this is an incombustible material. This
material maybe in the form of matted paper, similar to asbestos insulating or roofing paper, or it may be
in the form of a cloth woven from thread spun from asbestos fibers.