Drywall question
Cargo Master
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yeah, don't know of it being full of anything other than gypsum, just a soft rock. Thus the name sheetrock.
the stuff around the bathroom is made out of concrete, but the name escapes me as well.
the stuff around the bathroom is made out of concrete, but the name escapes me as well.
Cargo Master
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oh, and you may have found some seaming taps, which is used over two pieces of sheetrock, but your question is a little lacking in the details, if you have any more, I may be able to help you more.
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Bathrooms: Green board. Gypsum board with green waxy paper to resist moisture.
Concrete board for mounting tile: Hardibacker or other fine brand.
http://www.jameshardie.com/backerboa...ardibacker.php
Ceilings should get 5/8s just like the walls ifn's you want the premium duty job....
Concrete board for mounting tile: Hardibacker or other fine brand.
http://www.jameshardie.com/backerboa...ardibacker.php
Ceilings should get 5/8s just like the walls ifn's you want the premium duty job....
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I always called water restaint sheetrock, greenboard;
and Wonderboard for the cement backer board.
I know we're required to have a minimum of 5/8" rock on both sides of any wall that is either on the exterior walls or on any wall seperating the living space from a garage.
The houses here are a wooping 1/2" apart.
and Wonderboard for the cement backer board.
I know we're required to have a minimum of 5/8" rock on both sides of any wall that is either on the exterior walls or on any wall seperating the living space from a garage.
The houses here are a wooping 1/2" apart.
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I have an old house, and I'm always changing or remodeling something.
In a room upstairs, someone had used sheetrock that had paper glued to it. The paper was printed to resemble wood paneling. It also had the paper that you normally see on drywall.
I had a tornado hit my house in '98 and blew out the upstairs windows and that drywall got wet. The 'veneer' puckered but the regular paper stayed bonded.
I've removed all that old stuff but, if I remember correctly, it was produced by U.S. Gypsum and was dated in the early '60's.
I don't know if what you have could be fixed or not but, my solution was to replace it.
In a room upstairs, someone had used sheetrock that had paper glued to it. The paper was printed to resemble wood paneling. It also had the paper that you normally see on drywall.
I had a tornado hit my house in '98 and blew out the upstairs windows and that drywall got wet. The 'veneer' puckered but the regular paper stayed bonded.
I've removed all that old stuff but, if I remember correctly, it was produced by U.S. Gypsum and was dated in the early '60's.
I don't know if what you have could be fixed or not but, my solution was to replace it.
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After plaster, they went with a sheetrock that was something like 2'x4'. A bad seam job really stuck out on them, but there were a lot of plasterers around at the time that could hide seams well. I still see some of that around, it's paper covered. Sounds like someone might have wallpapered the ceiling, during the fax wood paneling 50's and 60's era.
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Originally Posted by Howdy
After plaster, they went with a sheetrock that was something like 2'x4'. A bad seam job really stuck out on them, but there were a lot of plasterers around at the time that could hide seams well. I still see some of that around, it's paper covered. Sounds like someone might have wallpapered the ceiling, during the fax wood paneling 50's and 60's era.
Definately better then today's drywall jobs. Extremely well done, 50 years of worth of renters and still looked very nice. Hated to tear it out, but we're converting the house back to a single family.
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