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1. 
   harpnaths | Dec 28, 2003 05:59am | #1

   Maybe these folks?

   http://www.designerdrywall.com/

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   andybuildz | Dec 28, 2003 06:18am | #2

   saw an article in FHB about it about a year ago.give themn a call to ask what issue it was in.....

   Be a wall

               andy

   My life is my practice!

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Dec 30, 2003 02:22am | #3

   Dustin,

   I spec'ed the Pittcon drywall panels for the wainscot in the boardroom of a telephone company's corporate headquarters recently. I will never make that mistake again.

   First of all, the relief was shallow enough that it didn't cast the dramatic shadow lines that make raised panels so beautiful, but even worse the panels were super fragile. They broke and crumbled very easily when cut and several of them had the paper face literally fall off when they were mudded up in the tape and bed phase. It took the drywall company's top gun several hours of tedious work to make it look good enough to work.

   Also be aware that you will have to order in 25 sheet bundles if you don't have a local supplier that stocks it. I was very careful to lay out the panels on my drawing to use exactly one bundle. That was fine until a couple of sheets ended up as drywall dust in the middle of the floor. That was a very expensive mistake.

   Even if I liked the product enough to spec it again the bids to install it would likely be so high the client would almost break even to go with real wood. Of course this was a corporate job with gorillas used to working with 5/8 so maybe they didn't treat it with the finesse it deserved. It did look pretty nice when it was finished but nothing like the real thing.

   Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -