On Monday, October 30, 2017 at 9:16:19 PM UTC-5, J. Clarke wrote:
On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:39:48 -0700, Electric Comet
wrote:

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:25:59 -0700 (PDT)
" wrote:

the finish you see in houses today. Not much thinking required. As
for replacing lath and plaster. Have you ever seen old time lath and
plaster? Wooden strips overlapped and nailed on the wall and filled
with lots and lots of mud plaster. Lot of work involved. Much

i have seen wood lath and metal lath like a coarse screen put it on
with a staple hammer in very little time

i imagine now they can spray on the plaster but maybe it is the finish
that is the hard part

but they may have solved that problem too with advanced materials
in other words it flows on easier and behaves uniformly


easier to screw a 4'x8' sheet of drywall to the wall. Or 4x12 or
4x16 sheet. I think drywall comes in 4.5 and 5 foot widths too. You
can cover a hell of a lot of area in minutes with drywall. Boom.
Done. Kind of like using a roller instead of a paint brush to paint
a wall. Drywall is damned efficient.

it does not seem that efficient to me with all the steps involved just
to get to the paint stage

Try it once and see if you still think it's so efficient.

"once"? Ha ha ho ho. I've drywalled a few rooms and many walls over the years. It is damned efficient to hang drywall. Full 4x8 foot sheets cover 32 square feet. Four on a wall and the whole wall is covered. 30-60 minutes later you are done hanging and taping and spreading the first coat of mud. Wait a day and smooth and apply the second mud coat in a few minutes. Wait another day and smooth and apply a finish third mud coat. Smooth it a day later and your are ready to paint. You might have 2-3-4 hours of total time in drywalling and taping and mudding an entire room. Pros of course can probably hang and apply the first coat of mud in under a day to an entire house, including the ceilings. Drywall is cheap and efficient!!! House builders LOVE it for those reasons. And it makes a good looking wall when done too.