Does anyone have experience with any of the various impact or abuse resistant drywall products? How significant an improvement would you say they are?
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Never heard of it but this will bump it back up.
i'm familiar with what i call 1/2" high strength board,is that what you are referring to?
i use that on 24" on center ceilings so it won't sag. did notice that the manf. calls it no sag clg. board. anyway it's no more impact resitant than normal board as far as i can tell. larry
if a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?
Are you speaking of the fiberglass-reenforced drywall that's sometimes speced for firewalls?
There is a specific impact resistant DW.
Never, used it. A friend of mine does tennet finishes. IIRC he said that it was a PITA to work with.
Used in schools and places with heavy traffic.
http://www.nationalgypsum.com/products/default2.aspx?query=2
http://www.usg.com/navigate.do?resource=/USG_Marketing_Content/usg.com/web_files/products/prod_details/SHEETROCK_Brand_Abuse-Resistant_Gypsum_Panels.htm
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I think he's talking about this type of product:
http://www.gp.com/BUILD/product.aspx?pid=6353
Is it better than what? For what?
Haven't used it yet, but from what I've heard it's a lot heavier, dustier, doesn't cut with a utility knife and has the pebbly surface that may need skimcoated. Mostly it's speced for high traffic public areas such as schools and hospitals. I have to beg to get the drywallers to use DensArmor Plus in basements and bathrooms, don't know what it would take to get them to use this. <g>
Unless you are talking about ToughRock?
Wayne, i work for a drywall company and we install impact board quite a lot.
You can punch it or kick it and not hurt anything but yourself.
It is harder to work with in all ways, heavier, hard to cut.
As far as I know there are three types, each one tougher than the other.
Used a lot in schools, military jobs jails ect.
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
I was an on-site observer during construction of a new multipurpose building/gymnasium at a juvenile drug rehab facility. All the halls, offices, and meeting rooms were done in "purple board" impact resistant.
For S & G's when the drywall was delivered the DW contractor installed a 5/8-4'x8' sheet on the steel studs in the main entry with an inscribed note to all that entered... "Kick me, Hit me, Beat me! You construction wussies!"
Tough stuff....hands, feet, shoulders, chairs and folding tables didn't break the "purple board"......but a 20 oz framing hammer would blow a small hole!
And as mentioned...heavier, hard to cut, and roto-zip bits had a shorter life. The finish was the same as other DW sheets...no pebbled surfaces to be skimmed!
..............Iron Helix
Thank you everybody. It was the impact resistant drywall I was asking about, not the sag resistant or fire resistant. Several manufacturers make a number of grades for different applications. I was wondering if it really can handle abuse significantly better than regular drywall without showing damage. From the responses of those who have seen it, it appears so.