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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.

Not if you arent stupid enough to do that it isnt.

Maybe there's something in it to stick it together slightly,

Lot more than slightly, stupid.

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.

Wrong, as always.

Ever tried removing some?

Yep.

And then spent hours hoovering up afterwards.

Nope, didn't need to do any hoovering at all.

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 screw into the studs for heavy stuff
and used drywall toggles for light stuff.

You can remove wood without making a mess.

You can with drywall unless you are an incompetent fool too.

It's easier to cut.

That's a pig ignorant lie.

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?

Its fine.

What do you think the paper does?

Nothing special. You can wall paper it fine
and can paint it with water based paint fine.

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

Undoing a hell of a lot of screws.

Somehow plasterboard needs less?

Yep.

You can even reuse the wood.

Not if the white ants have been eating it.

I don't have those here.

Your problem.

If I did they would be exterminated.

Easier said than done.

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

Only if you are stupid enough to remove it.

People renovate.

And don't end up with a cloud of dust and mess
when they know what they are doing, unlike you.