I've done lots of drywall removal and never used a sledge.
Typically, poke a fist sized hole with piece of wood, whatever, and just
grab the edge of the drywall and pull.
With a little working back and forth, you can get fasteners to burrow on
through and fairly large pieces of drywall
will come off. Not unusual to get half a sheet or so to come off in one
piece.

Bill

"Greg Guarino" wrote in message
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I see it all the time on the home improvement shows. It's practically
a ritual. First they discuss what they are going to do, then they
begin the "demo". How? By picking up a sledghammer and knocking out a
4" x 5" piece of sheetrock. Next thing you know, the space is empty.

I'm curious. Is sledgehammering sheetrock into bite-size pieces and
atomizing the rest into a giant cloud really the efficient way to go
about this?

It seems to me that there must be a way to take out larger pieces of
sheetrock rather than pulverizing it and then shoveling up the debris.
How do pros typically do it?

Greg Guarino