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[email protected] October 26th 06 10:52 PM

sheetrock/Drywall
 
Is sheetrock and drywall the same product? Has there ever been a
difference?


Charles Schuler October 26th 06 11:24 PM

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wrote in message
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Is sheetrock and drywall the same product? Has there ever been a
difference?


By common usage, they are the same.



Eric in North TX October 26th 06 11:59 PM

sheetrock/Drywall
 

It's a regional thing. When I lived in Penna, it was sheetrock, I moved
a couple hundred miles west to Ohio and it was drywall. Fortunately
that prepared my for TX, as it is drywall here. Nothing, however
prepared me for the fact that here they pour "concreek" foundations.


Eric in North TX October 27th 06 12:10 AM

sheetrock/Drywall
 

It's a regional thing. When I lived in Penna, it was sheetrock, I moved
a couple hundred miles west to Ohio and it was drywall. Fortunately
that prepared my for TX, as it is drywall here. Nothing, however
prepared me for the fact that here they pour "concreek" foundations.


David Nebenzahl October 27th 06 02:05 AM

sheetrock/Drywall
 
spake thus:

Is sheetrock and drywall the same product? Has there ever been a
difference?


I believe "Sheetrock" used to be a trade name for drywall (the generic
term for what's more properly called "gypsum wallboard"). "Sheetrock"
has now entered the language much like terms like "kleenex", "xerox",
"dumpster", etc.


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Edwin Pawlowski October 27th 06 03:59 AM

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wrote in message
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Is sheetrock and drywall the same product? Has there ever been a
difference?


Sheetrock is drywall, but drywall is not always sheetrock.

Sheetrock is a brand name of drywall, or gypsum board made by US Gypsum
Corp. .

Gold Bond brand is made by National Gypsum




Goedjn October 27th 06 08:31 PM

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On 26 Oct 2006 14:52:02 -0700, wrote:

Is sheetrock and drywall the same product? Has there ever been a
difference?


Sheetrock is a trademark. Drywall isn't.





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