End Notes | Important

 
1. Tests of the Green-Zip™ Partition conducted at the direction of and in the presence of IRS Senior attorney and engineers, & members of Deloitte-Touche & the Chair of USGBC Houston, reveal that only Green-Zip™ Tape performed to their approval. Other fiberglass mess & paper tapes failed to obtain their approval even when allowed to use the patented method for installation & disassembly. Other joint tapes failed to be acceptably removable. Green-Zip™ Tape is the only drywall joint tape licensed to use the patented methods for installation and removal. WARNING: Use of any other brand of joint tape could constitute patent infringement and subjection to damages, court cost, legal fees, and mandatory removal of all drywall from the building (even with tenants present) plus disallowance of IRS benefits plus penalty and interest. It is often wise to be honest.
 
2. Where partitions extend to the deck above (& particularly at roof decks) install expansion joint type head tracks with extended legs, stop studs short of deck the required distance, stud gauge as per engineer, & do not screw studs or sheathing panel to head track as required to allow deck to deflect.  Screw sheathing to studs (not into head track) as required to allow deflection, typically about 2" below the bottom of head track leg.
 
3. Use at least 22 gauge metal studs at 2' on center for interior non-load bearing partitions; Stronger may be required if over for 10' tall or where they support a load such as cabinets or shelves.
 
4. Never rely on drywall panels to support shelving, cabinets, etc. This is true with normal drywall as well as Green-Zip Partitions.  See “ACCESSORIES: Cabinets”.  
   Recommendations: cut drywall panels so as to not have joints near door or window corners; no taping over joint compound; USG Construction Handbook recommends 3 piece door & 4 piece window frames, see Handbook when 1 piece frames are used; Store & install tape above 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
 
5. Only if the space is exactly 8 feet tall is there any potential benefit to use 4' x 12' sheathing panels laid horizontally — if more than two 4' wide panels are required to reach ceiling height the lineal feet of joints to be taped & floated is increased by horizontal installation. See Green-Zip Partition tech support for further explanation.
 
6. The screws at the butt joints should be evenly spaced as per architect’s specification [typically about 7 screws per 9' edge on a 9' tall wall (18" o.c.)].
 
7. Drywall with normal mesh tape cannot be disassembled:  First, because doing so infringes patents noted herein.  Second, once the mud compound has “fully” cured it will break the tape if it is pulled up.  A drywall, other than Green-Zip Partition, has to be demolished (rather than disassembled) and then transported to a landfill.  Gypsum sheathing creates poison hydrogen sulfide gas when placed in a landfill and is banned in many areas (organic matter, moisture and lack of oxygen cause a fungus to grow that produces the highly poison gas). Therefore, the gypsum sheeting has to be laboriously separated from the studs and other construction waste. Even after it is separated from studs and other construction waste the used gypsum sheeting is not yet a ready candidate for “recycle” due to paint (and fiberglass in commercial sheathing). Further, “reuse” of sheathing is much better than “recycle”; and reuse is accomplished only by use of the Green-Zip™ Partition.
 
8. We make this recommendation because they have little or no effect on increasing the amount of drywall that can be reused or easily separated for recycle; and/or  to avoid being entangled in disputes related to curing cracks — understandably not the fault of Green-Zip tape because it is many times stronger than ordinary tape.
 
9. See second part of footnote above.
 
10. LIMITED WARRANTY: TADC LLC; Green-Zip products manufacturer, inventor and patent holder offer the following; however, ALL STEPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS HEREIN MUST BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO.
 
11. Limited Manufacturer’s Warranty: Drywall cracking failures are almost exclusively due to A) improper or inferior joint compound; improper curing due to humidity and temperature or painting over before deeply cured (rather than just surface cured), and/or B) building movement; neither of which is within the control of the drywall joint tape manufacturer; therefore the general standard, and our, LIMITED WARRANTY is limited to replacing the tape should the tape break under normal use and where ‘recommendations’ are strictly adhered to. This is a most unlikely event because Green-Zip Tape is many times stronger than ordinary tape.