Hi. I think it's drywall, because when it is wet it kind of peels, like cardboard type stuff.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Chmelik" <Chmelik@...> wrote:
>
> 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-----
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> Subject: [DIY] Difference between plasterboard & drywall
>
> How can I tell if I have plasterboard or drywall?
>
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