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  2. What's the Actual Difference Between Sheetrock and Drywall? - AOL

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    1/2-inch drywall: This is the most common thickness of drywall used in home interiors because it's relatively easy to carry and hang. 5/8-inch drywall: The thickest type of drywall, 5/8-inch ...

  3. Drywall - Wikipedia

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    Lengths up to 16 feet (4.9 m) are common; the most common is 8 feet (2.4 m). Common thicknesses are 12 and 58 inch (13 and 16 mm); thicknesses of 1 ⁄ 4, 3 ⁄ 8, 3 ⁄ 4, and 1 inch (6, 10, 19, and 25 mm) are used in specific applications. In many parts of Canada, drywall is commonly referred to as Gyproc.

  4. BS 1088 - Wikipedia

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    15 mm +.1/-0.9; 18 mm +.12/-0.98; 22 mm +.16/-1.08; 25 mm +1.8/-1.16 From the above we can assume that 6 mm material will arrive at thickness' between 6.04 mm and 5.35 mm. Face Veneer thickness -- For any three-ply construction, which applies to 3 and 4 mm material, each face veneer shall be not thinner than 1/8 of the total thickness of ...

  5. Chinese drywall - Wikipedia

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    Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...

  6. Plywood - Wikipedia

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    The most common dimension is 1.2 by 2.4 metres (3 ft 11 in × 7 ft 10 in) or the slightly larger imperial dimension of 4 feet × 8 feet. Plies vary in thickness from 1.4 mm to 4.3 mm. The number of plies—which is always odd—depends on the thickness and grade of the sheet. Roofing can use the thinner 16-millimetre (58 in

  7. 84 Lumber - Wikipedia

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    84 Lumber sign. 84 Lumber is an operated American building materials supply company. Founded in 1956 [2] by Joseph Hardy, it derives its name from the unincorporated village of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh, where its headquarters are located.

  8. Siding (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Products such as 4,-6,-8-and-10-inch (100, 150, 200 and 250 mm) by 12-foot (3.7 m) unpainted aluminium panels, starter strips, corner pieces and specialized application clips were assembled in the Indiana shop of the Hoess brothers.

  9. UFP Industries - Wikipedia

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    In 2021, the company had over 200 locations in eight countries with 15,000+ employees and sales of $8.6 billion. The company is listed in the Fortune 1000 list of America's largest corporations as of 2022, [ 1 ] and in the 2005 Forbes magazine's Platinum 400 ranking of the best-performing U.S. companies with annual revenue of more than $8 billion.