All the advantages of Rigips Habito

Rigips Habito is a revolutionary solid drywall board that significantly outperforms conventional interior construction methods in many respects, enabling maximum flexibility in interior design. It features a special core with fibre reinforcement and a polymer-gypsum crystal composite, providing numerous advantages...

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The drywall board offers unconventional possibilities for load attachment without dowels and drills
Securing heavy loads to the solid drywall board has never been easier: standard screwdrivers and screws are all you need.

The pull-out strength of up to 30 kg for single-layer cladding and 60 kg for double-layer cladding per screw speaks for itself.

Simply screw loads to the ceiling
When used as ceiling cladding, Rigips Habito can easily support loads of up to 6 kg per square metre at any desired location. Alternatively, suitable cavity dowels can be used in accordance with DIN 18181.

Traverse included
For the solid drywall board Rigips Habito, the attachment of heavy loads at any wall location is easily and reliably achievable without regard to the substructure – without pre-drilling, without dowels, and without additional installed traverses.

Drywall walls with the solid drywall board Rigips Habito can support cantilever loads in accordance with DIN 18183-1 of up to 1.5 kN/m ≈ 150 kg/m without additional traverses. This enables monitors, media supply rails or cabinets to be mounted flexibly at any desired location. This is confirmed by the official applicability certificate for construction from the Material Testing Institute (MPA) in Braunschweig (General Building Inspection Certificate P-1101/856/18-MPA BS).

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Maximum load capacities of drywall walls (single stud wall) made of:

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The drywall board is as solid as stone, just without the weight
Build massive yet slim walls. A wish of many people that finally comes true thanks to Rigips Habito. The innovative residential drywall board enables modern drywall constructions that are superior to conventional building methods in many ways:

Weight optimization
Walls with Rigips Habito lead to a weight reduction of up to 70% compared to traditional solid construction methods. This means structural advantages for extensions and additions:

• work more easily
• reduced loads
• build more flexibly

The weight comparison:

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Short construction time
Thanks to drywall construction, weeks of drying times, as is common in solid construction, are eliminated:

• less moisture
• shorter construction phases
• move in faster

The drying time comparison:

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Less mass, more class
Rigips Habito reduces wall thickness by up to 25% compared to conventionally built walls, such as those made of brickwork. This results in more floor space, which is beneficial when renting or selling the property:

• build slimmer
• more space
• higher returns

The wall thickness comparison:

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Innovative drywall constructions compared to conventionally built walls create more floor space, which pays off in the rental/sale of real estate.

Example calculation

• Wall thickness: 100 mm Habito wall instead of 130 mm solid wall = 3 cm difference.
• For a 60 m² apartment, the additional floor space is approximately 0.75 m².
• For a property with 50 apartments, this corresponds to approximately 38 m² more space.
• At a selling price of €6,500 per m², the added value amounts to nearly €250,000.

Play it safe with the massive drywall board

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Rigips Habito walls have been tested for security against attempted burglary in accordance with the European standard for testing the security of components against attempted burglary (EN 1627). The RC2 class was reliably achieved without additional protective measures, and the RC3 class was proven with halved stud spacing.

Additional measures, such as steel sheet inserts or combinations with solid building materials, are not necessary.

Standard construction of burglary-resistant walls with Rigips Habito
System representations for the constructions of resistance class RC2

Single and double stud wall with Rigips Habito, profile spacing 625 mm (RC2)

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Systems available for download below: EW12HA...

Premium construction of burglary-resistant walls with Rigips Habito
System representations for constructions of resistance class RC3

Single and double stud wall with Rigips Habito, profile spacing 312.5 mm (RC3)

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Systems available for download below: EW22HA...

Download at the end of the page: Rigips Habito - Technical information on properties, benefits, construction & installation (PDF)...

Tough and durable - the drywall board is more solid than any plaster surface

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The robust surface of the solid drywall board Rigips Habito is significantly more resistant than a conventional plaster surface and can easily withstand impacts and blows. As a solid drywall board, Rigips Habito emphasises its mechanical strength not only through burglary resistance, even in standard constructions – the board's compressive strength also provides walls with high impact resistance.

Surface hardness (Brinell) in comparison

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Characteristic compressive strength in comparison

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The drywall board with better sound insulation than solid walls
Noticeably better sound insulation

The sound insulation performance of a drywall with Rigips Habito is significantly better than that of conventional solid walls:
•    Difference of up to 25 dB between solid building materials compared to Rigips Habito
•    Rule of thumb: if the sound insulation value increases by 8 dB, it corresponds to halving the perceived volume

Perceived noise level with...

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Standard construction with sound insulation performance up to 60 dB

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Systems available for download below: MW11HA, MW12HARB...

Premium construction with sound insulation performance up to 70 dB, e.g., for apartment partition walls

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Systems available for download below: MW12HA, MW22HA...

Test it yourself - our sound insulation calculation services!

Calculation/forecast of airborne and impact sound insulation between two rooms for horizontal and vertical sound transmission, as well as external noise transmission through the roof surface

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Simulation of various room situations: partition walls between classrooms, office/canteen, hotel rooms, and living spaces

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The drywall board is non-combustible and corresponds to building material class A2-s1, d0 according to DIN EN 13501-1.

Rigips Habito walls offer tested fire protection constructions in F 30 and F 90, combined with the possibility of simple load fastening without, for example, wooden reinforcements in the wall.

Risks with mixed constructions made of gypsum boards and wood-based materials:

• Lack of fire protection for the drywall (no valid proof of applicability)
• Planning and installation of mixed constructions do not comply with the regulated construction method for metal stud walls according to DIN 18183
• In the event of a fire, the large-scale installation of combustible board products can lead to premature failure of the construction

Standard constructions with fire resistance certification F 30

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Systems available for download below: MW11HA, MW12HARB...

Premium constructions with fire resistance certification F 90

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Systems available for download below: MW12HA, MW22HA...

Building responsibly for future generations with the drywall board

Sustainable? Of course!

Gypsum is one of the oldest and at the same time most modern natural building materials with a variety of advantages:

• Free of pollutants and odour-neutral
• Energy-efficient thanks to extremely low thermal conductivity
• Naturally regulates indoor humidity and ensures a healthy and pleasant indoor climate

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Valuable for people and the environment

Through our RiCycling concept, we are committed to sustainability by recycling gypsum material from demolition sites or construction sites. We reintroduce this valuable raw material into our production process to create new products. The first recycling plant of its kind was opened in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) for this purpose in 2017. This helps us to conserve valuable resources.

Find more information about our RiCycling concept on the website!

"The home is inviolable," as stated in Article 13 of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. However, burglars repeatedly target not only homes, but also public and private spaces. In order to keep these unwelcome visitors at bay, preventive burglary protection measures are particularly important. In addition to technical surveillance or deterrent equipment, the construction of the building itself can contribute to burglary resistance. With constructions built using the robust drywall board Rigips Habito, the resistance class RC 3, which is advisable for apartment partition walls, can be reliably achieved. Furthermore, installing this high-quality system does not require expensive, complex-to-install steel sheets.

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Burglar protection is also necessary
for many other objects in classes RC2 or RC3, such as...

• Banks and savings institutions
• Military security facilities
• Server rooms
• Public buildings like citizen service offices
• Registration offices, etc.
• Shopping centres in the partition walls between stores

With Rigips Habito, you are always on the safe side, as the Rigips system EW12HA has been tested according to the European standard for burglary resistance of building components (EN 1627) for its resistance to burglary attempts. The RC 2 class was reliably achieved without additional protective measures, and even the RC 3 class was demonstrated with halved stud spacing. Additional measures, such as steel sheet inserts or combinations with solid building materials, are not necessary.

Download at the end of the page: Rigips Kompakt 04/2021: burglar-resistant walls in RC 2 and RC 3 by RIGIPS

Advantages of the system at a glance:

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Please note the following RIGIPS processing instructions during installation:
The cladding of the first and second layers for both wall designs RC 2 and RC 3 is done with a screw spacing of ≤ 200 mm.

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All information regarding installation, as well as detailed drawings, etc., can be found in our

Download at the end of the page: Technik Aktuell Nr. 59: Burglar resistance with drywall constructions by Rigips

Rigips Kompakt: Fire protection and load fastening even for high walls with Rigips® Habito®

A central topic in modern drywall constructions is the creation of high walls that simultaneously allow for high load fastening. Until now, these were only possible to a limited extent according to the relevant drywall standards DIN 18183-1 and DIN 4103-1, as increased cantilever loads had to be introduced into a drywall wall using additional aids, such as crossbeams.

Download at the end of the page: Rigips Kompakt: fire protection and load fastening even for high walls with Rigips Habito...

RIGIPS offers a tested solution with the robust drywall board Rigips Habito, which not only exceeds the standard requirements but also provides significant processing advantages. Wall constructions with Rigips Habito can be built up to 12 m high, with fire protection requirements up to F 90-A, and with increased cantilever loads of 1.5 kN/m – all without crossbeams, but with official proof of applicability!

Download at the end of the page: Technik Aktuell Nr. 66 Rigips Habito® "Traverse included"...

Advantages of high walls with Rigips® Habito®

In sports halls and warehouses, drywall constructions with very high walls are required that meet fire protection standards and allow load fastening. Standard solutions are labour-intensive due to the need to install crossbeams, and only permit load fastening at reinforced points.

Rigips Habito masters these tasks solely with standard drywall products:

1. Wall heights up to 12 m
2. Fire protection up to F 90-A
3. Load fastening up to 1.5 kN/m (= approx. 150 kg/m wall length) without additional crossbeam installations
4. Tested burglary resistance up to RC 3 without steel sheets
5. Standard drywall construction with planning and installation according to the regulated construction method of metal stud walls
6. Simple and fast installation, depending on the required wall height, slim partition walls with fire protection and load fastening up to 1.5 kN/m can be safely and quickly constructed.

Please refer to the table below for the correct construction for you:

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