Mechanical fastening1 of drywall and cementitious boards2 to mild steel structural framing or partitioning systems

Mechanical fasteners pursuant to BS EN 14566: 2008 & A1: 2009, 2 Metal components pursuant to BS EN 14195: 2014, 3 Gypsum plasterboard pursuant to BS EN 520: 2004 & A1: 2009 and fibre reinforced boards pursuant to BS EN 15283-1: 2008 & A1: 2009 and BS EN 15283-2: 2008, 4 Characteristic loads specifically refers to the mean result from empirical tests minus two standard deviations and rounded down to the nearest 10N in accordance with EAD 330047-01- 0602 and UKAS Document M3003, 5 Derived from empirical testing pursuant to BS EN 14566: 2008 & A1: 2009, 6 Mild hot-rolled steel pursuant to BS EN 10025-2: 2019, 7 Derived from empirical testing pursuant to BS EN ISO 6892-1: 2016 NC, 8 Derived from empirical testing pursuant to MIL-STD-1312 REV B NC, 9 Derived from empirical testing pursuant to BS EN ISO 10666: 1999 NC