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A more generic term is drywall or gypsum board. It generally is covered by a skim coat of plaster and is then painted. "Sheetrock" is a particular brand of d
by Polizeiposaune 1y ago
A more generic term is drywall or gypsum board. It generally is covered by a skim coat of plaster and is then painted.
"Sheetrock" is a particular brand of drywall. For instance, see https://www.lowes.com/pl/drywall/sheetrock-brand/4294864808-4294851233 https://www.lowes.com/pl/drywall/sheetrock-brand/4294864808-...
- ninalanyon 1y agoGypsum board is a considerably more specific, less generic, term than partition. My wooden house has some internal non-structural walls but none of them use gypsum boards (called plasterboard in British English). Neither are they skimmed with plaster. They are instead faced with a very dense and flat hardboard.
- quickthrowman 1y agoGypsum board is the term for a type of wall covering, which itself is part of a partition. A partition is an interior wall assembly typically consisting of framing, (optional) insulation, and a wall covering (like gypsum board, but this could be anything: wood, shiplap, masonry, lath and plaster, etc.)
- ChoGGi 1y agoYou only tape the joints, not the whole wall.
- quickthrowman 1y agoThere are multiple levels of drywall finishing. A level 5 (highest grade) finish involves skim coating the entire gypsum wallboard with joint compound. It’s not very common, but it is used in some commercial settings.