On Sat, 16 May 2020 22:34:25 +1000, Xeno
wrote:

On 16/5/20 6:35 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2020 20:46:25 +0100, Jim GM4DHJ ...
wrote:

On 15/05/2020 20:41, newshound wrote:
On 15/05/2020 17:12, Rod Speed wrote:
Commander Kinsey wrote
I was astonished to find Americans actually call plasterboard
"drywall" even if it's on a ceiling!* So not a wall!

I'm not astonished or amazed that you are astonished at that, you have
always been that mindlessly obsessive about words.
Daft in the first place to say "drywall", as all walls are dry,
unless made of mud, which is still dry once it's set.

Plastered walls are wet when you are doing the plastering, stupid.

Not usually in America, where they just tape and fill the joints. Hence
"Drywall".
wonder what they call Ames tape ?

I assume that's a company name, like Duck Tape.* There must be a generic
name for it.

Try *Duct Tape*. Named for its *function*, not a company name. It's used
primarily in ducted heating and cooling.

But what people refer to as "duct tape" - being the fabric
re-enforced tape is NOT the "duct tape" generally used for HVAC and is
truly "duck tape" -like "coton duck" - as in ther fabric - and also
brand name.
HVAC DUCT tape is generally an adhesive metal foil tape - generally
aluminum. (at least that's all I have ever used on HVAC and venting
(Drier vents etc) ducts. Duck tape didintegrates pretty quickly on
heating ducts. Back in my rally days we called it "60 MPH tape" and
used it to fasten loose parts and protect headlights from shattering
-- And sometimes to make the competition number on the door - - -

Anyway, isn't that the cheating way of filling gaps?* Kinda like
sellotaping things together instead of using screws!* Isn't that tape
going to peel off at some later stage?

Using plasterboard instead of doing lath plastering could be considered
cheating too but would *you* want to do it the old way?