Between Steve's points about durability and Martin's about health, perhaps it is time to rethink drywall's place in green building. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance.
Aside from being less fire resistant, more expensive and harder to work with, plywood is the more durable of the two materials. Unfortunately, when plywood is damaged it is harder to fix than drywall. Drywall is more universally used, and it is much easier to find someone to handle your drywall needs.
Because drywall is so fire resistant, if you ever do have a house fire it is a possibility that your items will be safer in a drywall room.
Drywall does not burn as fast as plywood. A house that is fashioned with plywood will burn much faster, therefore your items are not as safe. Your family is also not as safe as they should be. Obviously, there are a lot of things you need to think about before you make your decision. It is recommended that you do your research fully before you select which type of material you want to use as your walls. Check out a number of different articles, call places that do walls, get estimates.
The choice to fix your walls up is not an easy one and should not be taken lightly. Drywall is one of the best materials you can use for your walls, but the decision is yours and yours alone to make. You are the one that has to live with your house and what happens to it. Drywall is one of the most recommended wall materials that you will find, and if you are looking to keep things on the cheap side, go with it.
If you do not think that there is a huge chance of fire or damage, go with plywood, but keep in mind, everything about drywall is just easier. Your email address will not be published. What is Drywall? Many amateur home carpenters can also install the drywall panels.
The whole work of installing the drywall is divided between two types of experts; the Hangers and the Mud-man. A hanger of the drywall panels hung and suspends the panels and boards with screws and hanging nails, while the mud-man fills the joints of the panels, by applying the drywall compound on the joints.
The mud-man is also known as float crew and taper. Disadvantages of the Drywall:. In this way, the finished surface was still completely made of plaster. As drywall technology improved, it became possible to paint drywall directly without needing a skim coat of plaster. Today, only the joints where two sheets of drywall meet are taped and finished to create smooth walls.
To plaster a home, thin strips of wood, called lath, were nailed over bare studs. When installing wood lath, a quarter inch to a half inch gap was left between each strip of wood. A base coat of plaster was then spread over the lath to create a foundation.
The base coat of plaster was pushed through the gaps between strips of lath to anchor it to the subsurface. As the base coat dried, it created what are called "keys" that hold the plaster in place. Finally, one or two finish coats of plaster were spread over top to smooth out any imperfections. The labor involved in traditional plaster work is considerable. However, with drywall, a journeyman hanger can cut large sheets of drywall to size, and nail or screw them into place.
Rather than troweling the entire wall with two or three layers of plaster, a drywall finisher only needs to tape and float the seams, corners, and nails. The labor involved in plaster work can be as much as 4 times that required to hang, tape, and finish drywall.
As a result of the increased labor involved, plaster work is much more expensive than drywall. This is the primary reason that more and more builders started using drywall in new construction.
Following WWII, several factors combined to create a real estate expansion that accelerated the use of drywall. Following the devastating effects of WWII which came on the heals of the Great Depression, many people desperately desired a return to the ideals of pursuing the American Dream.
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