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Drywall Grid Systems:Engineered to give you design control while providing a green

installation by reducing steel up to 15%. Additionally, our DGS

products won’t limit your design options. Easily incorporate

F-type Light Fixtures, access panels, and air diffusers into

your design.

Drywall Framing Systems:Simplify the design of corridors, small room configurations,

restrooms, and storage closets. However, combining StrongBack™

with ShortSpan® allows you to expand your design over 7'.

Armstrong Drywall Framing Systems also provide a faster, easier,

better way to install tight drywall ceilings, and drop soffits while

guaranteeing a perfectly crafted angle every time.

Axiom® Pre-Engineered Systems:Regain aesthetic control. Axiom Building Perimeters is a

pre-engineered solution that integrates multiple functions such as

drapery pockets, air distribution, and ceiling elevation changes.

Axiom Transitions is a factory-finished extruded aluminum that

assures you get a top quality ceiling transition.

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Pre-engineered systemsfrom Armstrong are designed so you knowwhat the details of finished installations willlook like long before the

installation takes place.Include these systems in

your specification to assurethe controls are in place.

Traditional methods leave many finishing decisions to be handled

on-site. Our pre-engineered systems reduce the risk of on-site solutions because their

fit and finish is controlled and reliable.

Go GreenOur High Recycled Content (HRC) Drywall Grid and Framing Systems can help with your greenprojects. See page 10 for additional information.

The PerfectFinish

Design Flexibility

• ESR-1289: ICC code-compliant system

• Department of State Architect – DSA PA105

• City of LA – RR 25348

• Miami – Dade County, Florida Wind Uplift Compliant

NOA No. 07-0119.02 – 03/17/2014

• Miami – Dade County, Florida Hurricane and Impact Compliant

NOA No. 09-0512.02 – 10/07/2014

• 26 UL Fire Resistant Designs

• Meets ASTM C635, C841, C842, C926, C636, C754,

and C1063

• Armstrong Drywall Systems meets ASTM C645 requirement for

minimum metal thickness to .0179 for screw pullout.

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Code Compliance You Can Trust

Armstrong systems provide superior performance when compared to traditional methods. Our pre-engineered systems are tested

for fit and finish and are engineered to be code compliant. When you specify Armstrong, you’re assured a top quality product

that reduces risk.

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Armstrong Drywall Grid SystemFast and Easy

Traditional Framing System

Less steel means a green way to design drywall installations.

Armstrong Drywall GridSystems are engineeredto give you more designoptions. Our drywall gridis manufactured withadditional rout locations

to accommodate F-TypeLight Fixtures, access

panels, and air diffusers.Additionally, the use of our 6'

drywall grid cross tees (XL8965)can reduce the amount of steel

needed in a ceiling up to 15%. So, it’s an environmental choice that doesn’t

compromise performance.

Design Control

Armstrong DGS vs. Traditional Systems

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Armstrong offers a worry-free approach to incorporating hills,

valleys, undulating waves, vaults, and domes into your design.

Combining our faceted main with our RC2 clip allows you to:

• Create custom radii to suit any design

• Have ultimate control of the curve

• Expand your design beyond traditional

pre-selected or pre-determined radii

Perfect Curves

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Armstrong ShortSpan Drywall Framing System Armstrong ShortSpan Drywall Framing System with StrongBack

ShortSpan® is engineered to span up to 7' without vertical support. However, vertically supporting ShortSpan with StrongBack™

allows you to expand your design over 7' making ShortSpan the perfect product for your next hotel project.

Armstrong Drywall FramingSystems offer a variety ofpre-engineered solutionsfor direct to deck installations, vertical drops, and short spans.

This makes ArmstrongDrywall Framing perfect

for use in corridors, smallroom configurations, restrooms,

and storage closets.

UnlimitedDesign

Span the Gap

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Armstrong DrywallQuikStix Tee

Hanger Wire

Armstrong DrywallQuikStix Tee

Armstrong Exposed TeeGrid System

Armstrong AcousticalCeiling Panel

Reverse Wall Angle

Gypsum Board

Gypsum Board

Gypsum Board

LAM-12

LAM-12

Partition

LAM-12

30º Angle0º Anglesh Afterting

Line Up Angle Holeswith Clearance Hole

ClearanceHole

The QuikStix™ Soffit Drywall Framing System guarantees a perfectly crafted 15, 30, 45, 60, or 90-degree angle every time.

Perfect Angles

2", 4", 6", 8"

AXBT

2", 4", 6", 8"

AXBT

Acoustical Grid

Acoustical GridDrywall Grid

Drywall Grid

2", 4", 6", 8"

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AXBT

2", 4", 6", 8"

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Axiom Transitions

System View

The Axiom® BuildingPerimeter System allowsyou to retain aestheticcontrol of buildingperimeter. This perimetersolution accommodatesthe transition between the

interior building perimeterand the ceiling plane. It’s a

pre-engineered solution thatintegrates multiple functions:

drapery pockets, air distribution,and ceiling elevation changes.

Quality FinishingAxiom Transitions is a factory-finished extrudedaluminum which assures you consistent quality.This pre-engineered solution also saves designand specification time. Fully integrates withArmstrong acoustical and drywall suspension systems giving you the ultimate design control.

You’re inControl

Behind the Systems

Three-sided Perimeter Pocket with Perimeter Extension Plate

Three-sided Perimeter Pocket with Diffuser Face Plate

Perimeter Extension

Window

Stud T-barConnection

Clip

Hanger Wire – 4' O.C.

Hanger Wire – 4' O.C. Exposed Tee or

Drywall Main Beam

Exposed Teeor Drywall Grid

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Stud

3-Sided Pocketwith Hook Detail

T-BarConnection

Clip

Window

Slotted Diffuser Face Plate

Stud

Hanger Wires – 4’ O.C.

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Exposed Teeor Drywall Grid

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Axiom® Building Perimeters

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RecycledContent: up to 61%

Energy Waste Recycled Local Renewable DaylightMgmt Content Materials Materials & Views

Location Dependent

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Our drywall grid and framing systems arenot only engineered to reduce risk, they’reengineered to use less steel than traditionaldrywall ceiling framing methods. Right, you’llsee an analysis of three typical types of installations – hallway, small space, and larger space. The analysis concluded thatArmstrong Drywall Grid and Framing Systems use less embodied energy than traditional methods.

Embodied or “embedded energy” is an assessment that includes the energy required to extract raw materials from nature, plus the energy used in primary and secondary manufacturing activities toprovide a �nished product. All processedproducts have embodied energy, whether a drinking cup or a car. Buildings represent a huge, relatively long-duration energy investment in embodied energy terms.

Every building is a complex combination ofmany processed materials, each contributingto the building's total embodied energy. Theembodied energy for a complete structure iscomprised of the energy required to extractand process the raw material for each individual component as well as the energyused to transport the �nished product to thejob site and install it. Additionally, the energyinvolved in maintaining each individual building component, �nal removal, and recycling/disposal at the end of its useful life can all be part of the embodied energy equation.

* Reference: NREL, U.S. Life-Cycle inventory (LCI)database August 26, 2008 V 1.6.0

LEED® CreditsAcoustics Low Emitting

or CHPS

LEED for Schools

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Percentage Savings

Using Armstrong ShortSpan equals an Embodied Energy Savings of: %

vs. Studs with 3-5/8" Channel Molding 173%

vs. Studs with 2-1/2" Channel Molding 125%

Armstrong Drywall Grid and Framing: The Green Choice*

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4' DGS Tee 16" OC vs. Black Iron and Hat Channel 10%

6' DGS Tee 16" OC vs. Black Iron and Hat Channel 33%

4' DGS Tee 24" OC vs. Black Iron and Hat Channel 43%

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Drywall Grid Systems:Engineered to give you design control while providing a green

installation by reducing steel up to 15%. Additionally, our DGS

products won’t limit your design options. Easily incorporate

F-type Light Fixtures, access panels, and air diffusers into

your design.

Drywall Framing Systems:Simplify the design of corridors, small room configurations,

restrooms, and storage closets. However, combining StrongBack™

with ShortSpan® allows you to expand your design over 7'.

Armstrong Drywall Framing Systems also provide a faster, easier,

better way to install tight drywall ceilings, and drop soffits while

guaranteeing a perfectly crafted angle every time.

Axiom® Pre-Engineered Systems:Regain aesthetic control. Axiom Building Perimeters is a

pre-engineered solution that integrates multiple functions such as

drapery pockets, air distribution, and ceiling elevation changes.

Axiom Transitions is a factory-finished extruded aluminum that

assures you get a top quality ceiling transition.

2

Pre-engineered systemsfrom Armstrong are designed so you knowwhat the details of finished installations willlook like long before the

installation takes place.Include these systems in

your specification to assurethe controls are in place.

Traditional methods leave many finishing decisions to be handled

on-site. Our pre-engineered systems reduce the risk of on-site solutions because their

fit and finish is controlled and reliable.

Go GreenOur High Recycled Content (HRC) Drywall Grid and Framing Systems can help with your greenprojects. See page 10 for additional information.

The PerfectFinish

Design Flexibility

SYSTEMSCEILING

Be tween us , i deas become rea l i t y ™ DRYWALL GRID andFRAMING SYSTEM

COVER – Product: Drywall Grid using HD8906 main beams and XL834, XL7341 cross tees

Project: W Hotel, Minneapolis, MNArchitect: Graham Architects, Minneapolis, MN

armstrongceilings.com/drywall

• Learn about the latest drywall products

• Technical Guides

• Submittal and Data Pages

• Case Studies

• Installation Videos

1 877 ARMSTRONG (276-7876)• Customer Service Representatives,

7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday• TechLine – Technical information

8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST, Monday through FridayFAX 1-800-572-8324 oremail: techline@armstrongceilings.com

TechLineSM / 1 877 ARMSTRONG1 877 276 7876

armstrongceilings.com/suspensionsystemsCS-4156-410

LEED® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Green Building CouncilAll other trademarks used herein are the property of AWI Licensing Company and/or its a�liates© 2010 AWI Licensing Company • Printed in the United States of America