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Posted by on October 26, 2006, 5:52 pm
Is sheetrock and drywall the same product? Has there ever been a
difference?
Posted by Charles Schuler on October 26, 2006, 6:24 pm
> Is sheetrock and drywall the same product? Has there ever been a
> difference?
By common usage, they are the same.
Posted by Eric in North TX on October 26, 2006, 6:59 pm
It's a regional thing. When I lived in Penna, it was sheetrock, I moved
a couple hundred miles west to Ohio and it was drywall. Fortunately
that prepared my for TX, as it is drywall here. Nothing, however
prepared me for the fact that here they pour "concreek" foundations.
Posted by Eric in North TX on October 26, 2006, 7:10 pm
It's a regional thing. When I lived in Penna, it was sheetrock, I moved
a couple hundred miles west to Ohio and it was drywall. Fortunately
that prepared my for TX, as it is drywall here. Nothing, however
prepared me for the fact that here they pour "concreek" foundations.
Posted by David Nebenzahl on October 26, 2006, 9:05 pm
canthonica@yahoo.com spake thus:
> Is sheetrock and drywall the same product? Has there ever been a
> difference?
I believe "Sheetrock" used to be a trade name for drywall (the generic
term for what's more properly called "gypsum wallboard"). "Sheetrock"
has now entered the language much like terms like "kleenex", "xerox",
"dumpster", etc.
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