In a recent Fine Homebuilding article on insulation, their diagram shows “non faced drywall” (I’m going from memory). What is this? How does it differ from regular drywall that you buy at HD?
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Marv
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You better go back and read it again .
Tim Mooney
If you still are stumped , tell me where you are reading it .
Tim Mooney
I asked about this in another thread (in the FHB feedback folder) and did not get any response.
It is on the non numbered page. (I HATE when magazines do that, specially when they have 5 or 6 pages like that in a row).
Anyway it is the one between page 54 and page 56, The graphic "Insulation Systems that Work for BAsements, Walls, and Roofs".
It says "non-paper-faced gypsum wllboard".
Yahoo search for Dens-glass Gold, or Fiberbond.
They're faced and/or comprised of inorganic, waterproof materials, and therefore do not allow mold growth among other things.
Mike
PS: Oh yeah, it's non-paper faced, not non faced.
Edited 12/2/2003 11:23:39 AM ET by Mike Gabriel
What about the foil back DW? Do they still make that?
"They're faced and/or comprised of inorganic, waterproof materials"
But they also say that the wall assembly DIRES IN. How can it with a waterproof covering?
And what does having a plaster skim coat do to the whole asssemble?
That "simple" one page graphic raised many more question than it answered.
TMK, foil-backed is still available. I think regular drywall will draw too much moisture out of the plaster causing it to dry too fast, but whadda I know.
I didn't write the article, nor do I posses the knowledge to definitively answer those other Q's, Bill. I'm sure there are lots of dw hangers here that could better.
Mike
You're right, Marv - the drywall is listed as non, or unfaced for a plaster application. Don't have the article in front of me, but that's the way I remember reading it.
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