My mother-in-law said there’s a new drywall in Florida that doesn’t have paper faces and wondered if I’d heard of it. Is she doing what some of the people here were doing with clerks at HD (stuff like asking clerk to find that spray that stops sparks from shooting out of junction boxes)? She says it’s because the paper molds and mildews and just the gypsum won’t. Sort of makes sense–is it fiber reinforced or something? Anyone hear of this or is she gonna tell me next that the word “gullible” isn’t in the dictionary?
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It does exist and does not have a paper face. It's mold resistant but not mold proof and is purple in color.
Georgia-Pacific Denshield....probably a good thing in mouldy Fla., except it's priced at a premium & not stocked in many places...
Georgia-Pacific Denshield....probably a good thing in mouldy Fla., except it's priced at a premium & not stocked in many places...
You're thinking of Georgia-Pacific DensArmor. The Denshield is a tile backer.
-Don
myself, I think there isn't much difference besides marketing between the two.....
I have seen it but not used it. Priced at over $ 10.00 a sheet in So. Calif. home depot. Recommended for kitchens and bath. It is white in color and has a feel like tile backer board.
There are more types of sheetrock than most people would ever know.
The mold resistant type is one.
Another type we have been intalling in schools is high impact, with fiberglass webs inside- try punching that and you better go to the nurse's office.
Also seeing alot of shearboard, with 22 ga. sheetmetal on the back, used for shearwall, obviously.
Installed some foilbacked rock for the feds in a secure room to help disable listening devices.
Lots more too
Mike
Trust in God, but row awayfrom the rocks
Thanks all who replied--I learn something new every day. (Besides not putting a full can of paint on a shaky ladder because I forgot to bring a bucket to pour it into.)
okay- they have hooks that go onto ladders for just that sort of thing! ;-)
also, zano/danno/hoolyhoopanno- is it white or is it purple?
Now you tell me; what'll they come up with next? ;-)
saw some once that went into an x-ray room had a lead backer bout 1/16 thick.. i only saw about a 1ft sq scrap that a guy showed me and it was heavy...
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That lead board is a pain! Comes in various thickness depending on protection needed. You even have to sink the screws and mud in little round "screw covers" over the heads, and line the seams between sheets.
Interesting thing is, the drywall companies don't make lead board. The lead is glued on by specialty shops that market the stuff.
Of all the gypsum products I've installed, Densglass is the most undesirable, the fibreglass is miserable in the heat. Mike
Trust in God, but row awayfrom the rocks