"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 May 2020 12:23:48 +0100, F Murtz wrote:

On 17/5/20 10:43 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2020 14:16:38 +0100, F Murtz 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.

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?
Pros use paper tape OIYers use sticky mesh tape

OIY? That's Aussie for "yoohoo!"

If you're a pro you shouldn't need tape.

Pros almost all use paper tape and NEVER use just plaster or filler on
gyproc {drywall}

Because they're incompetant.

All of them, eh ?

Just because you do something for a living doesn't mean you're good at it.

Lot better at it and fools like you.