** Frank ** wrote:

I just replaced a damaged wall section with standard sheet rock. The
existing wall board was 1/2" thick, brown in color, fibrous and very light
weight with a cloth cover/reinforcement on the finish side. Its weight and
density is like the standard commercial 2'x4' fluorescent fixture light grid
tiles. The rest of the house is old plaster and lath and this brown wall
board was a latter addition. Don't think its a very good product to begin
with and never seen anything like this brown wall board before. Can anyone
provide more information?



Sounds like homosote, although the cloth finish is not a part
of a homosote panel. Could be sound board. I have seen them
made in a variety of configurations. In fact, in checking the
homasote site they do have a burlap covered panel. That may
be it.

http://www.homasote.com/burlap.html

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Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX