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How can you tell if your walls are plaster or sheetrock-drywall? jim evans 09-25-2008
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Posted by jim evans on September 25, 2008, 12:11 am


I have never lived in a house with plaster walls. A friend asked me
how you tell if your walls are plaster or drywall. How do you tell?

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Posted by BobK207 on September 25, 2008, 2:20 am


> I have never lived in a house with plaster walls. =A0A friend asked me
> how you tell if your walls are plaster or drywall. =A0How do you tell?

drywall is much softer than plaster....an ice pick (or a push pin) can
easily be pushed into drywall.

Posted by jim evans on September 25, 2008, 9:52 am


wrote:

>> I have never lived in a house with plaster walls.  A friend asked me
>> how you tell if your walls are plaster or drywall.  How do you tell?
>
>drywall is much softer than plaster....an ice pick (or a push pin) can
>easily be pushed into drywall.

That seems like a good test, assuming it is very difficult to push a
push-pin into a plaster wall.

Thanks

Posted by BobK207 on September 25, 2008, 1:30 pm


> wrote:
>
> >> I have never lived in a house with plaster walls. =A0A friend asked me
> >> how you tell if your walls are plaster or drywall. =A0How do you tell?
>
> >drywall is much softer than plaster....an ice pick (or a push pin) can
> >easily be pushed into drywall.
>
> That seems like a good test, assuming it is very difficult to push a
> push-pin into a plaster wall.
>
> Thanks

The reason "it seems like a good test" is because it is a good test.

there's no "assuming" going on here, it's called experience...unless
the plaster is in terrible shape, a push pin won't push in.

Depending on where the house is & the quality of construction it could
go either way. I've seen lots tract houses from the 50's & 60's, some
drywall, some plaster, some skim coat plaster.

Drywall (at least in SoCal) pretty much took over the market by the
end of the 60's.

Why the curiosity about wall type?


Posted by RBM on September 25, 2008, 7:22 am



>I have never lived in a house with plaster walls. A friend asked me
> how you tell if your walls are plaster or drywall. How do you tell?

Go into the attic and look under the insulation



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