On 16/5/20 10:59 pm, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 16/05/2020 13:45, Xeno wrote:
On 16/5/20 9:54 am, dpb wrote:
On 5/15/2020 6:48 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2020 23:54:36 +0100, dpb wrote:

On 5/15/2020 4:02 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
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Why can't it still crack the flush plaster you put over the tape?

The paper if flexible enough to give.

But you have plaster over it!* So what if the tape gives, the
plaster over it will still crack.

Not unless the wall moves so much anything else would as well.

100 years applications prove the principle works pretty doggone well.

Surely gypsum board is in use throughout the world; can't be only US.

Yes but we call is plasterboard in the UK.* Horrid stuff, try
removing it.

No problem at all--it's trivial to remove or cut into for access for
other work or repair such as electrical or plumbing and then repair
it--certainly far easier than lath and plaster.

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Lath and plaster, seen entire houses done with that method.
Admittedly, the houses were ancient but it looked like a very time
intensive job. Just think how hard it was to get surfaces flat. Would
have taken real skill.

can't get good lathers these days.... used to be an education to see
them work ....never mind getting horse hair......

I know a couple who do building restoration work back in my home state.

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Xeno


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