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   Sphere | Jun 10, 2008 03:41am | #1

   Regular 5/8ths is just about 2lbs a sqft.

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   wane | Jun 10, 2008 03:24pm | #2

   like Sphere says, 1/2 is 1.9 lb/sq ft, 5/8 is 2.4 lb/ sq ft, or 55 lb/cubic foot

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   purplerays | Jun 10, 2008 03:34pm | #3

   Hey,

   You guys are better than google.  Thanks very much.

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   joeh | Jun 10, 2008 05:38pm | #4

   It weighs a lot less in the AM, gets real heavy late afternoons.

   Joe H

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   BungalowJeff | Jun 12, 2008 03:26pm | #5

   Cuts more accurate in the AM too......that's not a mistake, it's rustic

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   MarkH | Jun 12, 2008 04:14pm | #6

   Ceiling drywall is twice as heavy as wall drywall.

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   MisterT | Jun 12, 2008 04:16pm | #7

   But not heavy enough for boss to rent a lift....
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   Piffin | Jun 12, 2008 06:00pm | #8

   Of course, it only weighs half as much when the Boss is lifting it!in his dreams 

    

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   MisterT | Jun 12, 2008 10:35pm | #10

   When I was your age I could hang 16 ft sheets of 5/8" on 12 foot ceilings alone, balancing the rock on my head with a screw gun in both hands....I would rock and tape an entire subdivision before lunch....
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   Piffin | Jun 13, 2008 01:33am | #11

   So you've heard that line too!? 

    

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   MisterT | Jun 13, 2008 02:54am | #12

   And I would walk to the lumberyard thru broken glass in my bare feet and carry it back and it was uphill, both ways!!.
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   Piffin | Jun 14, 2008 12:20am | #17

   All I know is that my first introduction to drywall was as a labourer - all of 125# I suppose - and a semi pulled into the site loaded down with 5/8" x 12'They did not have lifts to hoist to second floor windows in those days.End of the day, I think my back was 2" shorter and my arms were 10" longer! 

    

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   Ted W. | Jun 13, 2008 04:11am | #13

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   MisterT | Jun 13, 2008 04:28am | #14

   If you are cheaper than me , you're a hackif you are more expensive, you are a gouger!.
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   Ted W. | Jun 13, 2008 07:38am | #15

   I can't be both?

   Hack, hack... gouge, gouge

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   MisterT | Jun 13, 2008 01:46pm | #16

   plop plop fizz fizz.....
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   If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???

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   Oak River Mike | Jun 12, 2008 06:20pm | #9

   Its weightless when you have the supplier bring it on their big truck and their two guys carry it into the house or project.

   Seriously call your local drywall house (if you have one) as they charge the same price as HD and Lowes and will usually deliver, carry and stack for like $50-100 in my area.  Well, worth it if its more than 25 boards!  About what your truck can carry I am guessing...