On Fri, 15 May 2020 23:59:41 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:

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On Fri, 15 May 2020 22:46:07 +0100, Rod Speed
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On Fri, 15 May 2020 21:52:05 +0100, Scott Lurndal
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Andrew writes:
On 15/05/2020 18:24, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 15/05/2020 16:52, Commander Kinsey wrote:
I was astonished to find Americans actually call plasterboard
"drywall" even if it's on a ceiling! So not a wall!

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.

Lath and plaster with horse hair is a wet wall....

They say two by four as well ....

I always thought they called it SheetRock ?.

SheetRock is a brand name.

It's known regionally by different names, gypboard, drywall, sheetrock,
blueboard/greenboard (mold resistant), etc.

Whatever it's called, it's ****. It's powder held together with paper.

Nope, the paper is just the surface.

Under the paper is just powder.

Wrong. as always. If it was, it would all fall
down to the bottom and it clearly doesn't.

Take the paper off and pick at it with your finger. It's powder. Maybe there's something in it to stick it together slightly, but it's certainly not strong enough to prevent it going everywhere when you break it, cut it, or try to screw something into it.

Ever tried removing some?

Yep.

And then spent hours hoovering up afterwards.

Use wood for crying out loud.

No thanks, much more expensive for a wall or ceiling

But a better finished product.

Wrong. as always.

You can screw into wood. You can remove wood without making a mess. It's easier to cut.

No crumbling, easier to remove,

Wrong, as always.

Wood does not crumble.

It rots and gets white ants etc eating it.

And if plasterboard gets damp? What do you think the paper does?

Wood panels attached with screws come off by simply undoing some screws.

Undoing a hell of a lot of screws.

Somehow plasterboard needs less?

You can even reuse the wood.

Not if the white ants have been eating it.

I don't have those here. If I did they would be exterminated.

But plasterboard ends up in a cloud of dust and mess.

Only if you are stupid enough to remove it.

People renovate.