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.
We do many things backwards. We park our cars in the driveway and drive on the parkways.
Reminds me of the time I once got paid a few cents a word to translate English-English into American-English.
not any more, I hope.
Because saying 1 and a half by 3 and a half is too long.
I always thought they called it SheetRock ?.
I still buy 2 by 1, but the blasted stuff sold as PAR (planed all round) is nowhere near 2 x 1.
And we send shipments by car and cargo by ships.
Not usually in America, where they just tape and fill the joints. Hence "Drywall".
That depends on when. Our house was built in 1960 and has real plaster over I-forget-what-it's-called-but-but-it-substitutes-for
-laths on the main level and drywall in the basement.
Drywall is sometimes called gypsum board or sheetrock, among other thngs.
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?
Those are at least descriptive of what it's made of.
Mine is 1.25" by 3.75". You can get it in any size you like. But 2 by 4 is a rough idea of the sizing. 2 by 4 for joists, 2 by 2 for drywall (ugh) supports. I've even got some 3 by 8.
Local builder's merchant here sells what I ask for. They have several sizes.
I saw a van once with "Ames taping" on it and thought, that's a very narrow field of work! I saw another van with "Time served" which I think means he's done an apprenticeship. But I assumed it meant he's been in jail. I saw another van with "A. Prentice" which I assume is his name, but not a very good advert.
Why can't it still crack the flush plaster you put over the tape?
Whatever it's called, it's shit. It's powder held together with paper. Use wood for crying out loud. No crumbling, easier to remove, easier to screw things into like a picture frame etc.
Mine sells by the mm. They quote on the website the precise size it is when you buy it. Why would I want to buy a rough size which may not match what I already have? Your houses must end up really wonky.
and a lot more expensive.
Far too skillfull a task for an American.
You sound like a builder. They do things because they're told that's the way it's done. Ask them why and they get confused.
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