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26 October 2011

Re: [DIY] Difference between plasterboard & drywall

 

It is all drywall, green board is moisture resistant ,gray board or blue board is for skim coat plaster ,white or yellow densarmor is for gypsum ,tape and paint.then there is fire rated drywall for common shared walls  in commercial or mutifamily units ,townhouses and condos also elevator shafts.hope I didn't miss one type,hope this helps jeff

From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Difference between plasterboard & drywall

 
The wallboard in my condo was put in the 80's. This is south Florida. I am going to take a picture of the wallboard where the wallpaper was pulled off from, and kind of shows what is beneath that. I'll let you know when it's in the photo section -- later. One of the reasons, though, that I'm asking is because I was reading about spackling and filling holes, etc., and someone on the net made a point of showing plasterboard and not drywall, so I was wondering how to tell. Everyone here says drywall, but at this point I wouldn't know what or who to believe unless I see it and understand it with my own eyes.
From: Bill Chmelik <Chmelik@earthlink.net>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:29 AM
Subject: RE: [DIY] Difference between plasterboard & drywall

 
Generally speaking, Plasterboard is coated completely with plaster, usually
the plaster is about 1/4 inch thick over the entire wall, and when you try
to pound a nail into it to hang a picture it usually cracks and flakes, it
replaces the old lath and plaster system, while dry wall is just gypsum
board where you tape/mud the joints and mud the nails/screws, then paint.
Then there are some folks that use the two terms, plaster board and dry
wall, to mean gypsum wall board. Today there are many more kinds of wall
board, for many different applications.
ck

-----Original Message-----
From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of clean_boost
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:18 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DIY] Difference between plasterboard & drywall

How can I tell if I have plasterboard or drywall?





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