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A comparison, annotated

This is drywallDB’s comparison screen — the moisture-resistant trio at 12.5mm, frozen exactly as the app derives it and annotated. Every value is verbatim from a cited manufacturer document; every judgement is computed by the versioned equivalence rules, not asserted by hand.

≈ rules v1Basis: One board per brand at 12.5mm whose declaration covers the benchmark's (moisture H2) — Type A read as a labelling convention; moisture class may exceed, never fall below.
Attribute
KnaufBenchmark
Knauf Moisture Panel · 1200×2400
BG
Gyproc Moisture Resistant 12.5mm · 1200×2400
H1 moisture — exceeds the H2 the benchmark declares
Siniat
GTEC Moisture Board · 1200×2400
Matched on
12.5mmmoisture H2 → H1
12.5mmmoisture H2
Differs
weight -1.2* kg/m²
weight -1.1* kg/m²
Your rate
£9.20/board
Demo Merchants
£9.85/board
Demo Merchants
+7.1% vs benchmark
£8.65/board
Demo Building Supplies
-6.0% vs benchmark
cheapest compliant ✓
Thickness (mm)
12.5
12.5
12.5
Edge profile
Tapered
Tapered
Tapered
Weight (kg/m²)
9.5
8.3
8.4*
Standard
EN 520 Type A & H2
EN 520 Type H1
EN 520 Type H2
Moisture resistance
H2
H1
H2
Reaction to fire
A2-s1, d0
A2-s1, d0
A2-s1, d0
Data source
Knauf Moisture Panel Product Data Sheet · Rev 006, 14 January 2026
PDS Gyproc Moisture Resistant 12.5mm · 21 November 2025
GTEC Moisture Board 12.5mm size listing (siniat.co.uk)
  1. The basis is generated, versioned code The sentence is computed live from the benchmark’s declaration by drywallDB’s equivalence rules — explainable, never a hidden heuristic. The Type A in Knauf’s “A & H2” is read as a labelling convention, so it never blocks a match.
  2. The benchmark The board the others are measured against — here the specified product. Its column carries the tag and a faint wash so you never lose it mid-scroll.
  3. Upgrades are stated, never silent The Gyproc board declares H1 moisture resistance — better than the H2 the benchmark declares. Moisture may equal or exceed, never fall below, and the upgrade is spelled out on the column.
  4. Matched on — computed, not asserted Green chips list the benchmark dimensions each board’s own declaration satisfies; amber chips state every difference, weight deltas included. Nothing is glossed over.
  5. Your rates, priced in — privately The figures here are fictional demo rates. Real rates are yours alone: never published, never in shared links, never in outward documents. With rates recorded, every comparison prices itself and flags the cheapest compliant board.
  6. Calculated values carry a mark Siniat declares 24.3 kg per board and no kg/m², so drywallDB derives 8.4 from the nominal area — and stars it. The * marks every drywallDB-calculated value, everywhere.
  7. Every value cites its document Each column names the manufacturer document and revision behind its values. The Siniat citation is the listing Siniat’s own technical services confirmed when their data sheet disagreed with it — provenance is the product.

A static replica of the live comparison screen, derived by the same code that runs in the app. In the product, this exact comparison is one link away — replayed live against current data, alongside the other 195 boards. The full working — data classes, the versioned rules, and what drywallDB deliberately does not do — is set out in the methodology.

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