"terry" wrote in message
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On Jul 6, 6:03 pm, "Graham." wrote:
"Adrian Simpson" wrote in message

... Hi all,

A quick question, when did plasterboard first come into common use ?

http://www.drywallhowto.com/drywall-history.shtml

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Graham.

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No idea when 'invented'!
I do seem to recall 'plasterboard' being used extensively in a lot of
'Prefab housing' shortly after WWII. Also there was a plasterboard
manufacturing plant on the Wirral side of the river Mersey which I
would walk past in the late 1940s.

Our last (1930s) house suffered indirect bomb damage during WII - ie all the
upstairs lath and plaster ceilings were blown down - info from older
neighbours. These were replaced with three-eighths plasterboard throughout -
downstairs ceilings remained as lath and plaster. On the assumption that
these were done in a reasonable time frame it seems that plasterboard was
available by 1945 ish.

Charles F