How are things interpreted and enforced where you are? Where I am, most all high-end homes have very little sheetrock or plaster in them. Everyone wants the Great Camp style, and surfaces are sheeted over in all kinds of wooden schemes, directly onto the studs or ceiling joists. No gypboard underneath.
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new is fairly strict. Disagree with the inspector, you better be able to pull out the book and argue your point. Remodels, there's some leeway. By that I mean you aren't expected to correct every little thing that some good German carpenter did fifty years ago, but anything that get replaced is by the same standard as new. There's forgiveness in meeting up new with old and the inherent invention that comes as a result. They're pretty fair and reasonable all in all. If its a little unconventional, but it shows you put some educated thought into it and did what was in your power to make things kopasetic, you're probably good. Thats really all you can ask for some days.
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Best I know, in residential, the only sheetrock required is in the garage/house walls and under stairs