Sheetrock is up!

[MickinMD ★]

Sheetrock is up and all the windows in the house are open with no workers inside with 90°+ temps and high humidity - I hope they come back and close them!

The enclosed 10' x 12' back porch (picture taken through screen) is still nice and big enough to store lots of stuff with the far-left corner used to house the washer/dryer off of the kitchen.  If you've seen the "LG Washtower" commercials running a lot on TV lately, that's what I got in White and for a $550 discount:

 

[Dirtyhip]

Looks good.  Will the walls be flat, or will texture be added?

You're catching up.  

We had to move a toilet, cause they installed it too close to where the cab sits. I am getting some of my flooring installed today.

[jsharr ★]

I bet the windows are open so that the compound they use to cover all the seams and screw holes can dry.  

[Randomguy]

Why is it called sheetrock?  I get the sheet part of it, btw.

[Dirtyhip]

1 minute ago, Randomguy said:

Why is it called sheetrock?  I get the sheet part of it, btw.

Cause it is a sheet of rock.  Gypsym I guess. 

[Dirtyhip]

Sheetrock is a brand name.  Like Kleenex.

[Randomguy]

Just now, Dirtyhip said:

Cause it is a sheet of rock.  Gypsym I guess. 

That is like no damn rock I know of.

[Dirtyhip]

Just now, Randomguy said:

That is like no damn rock I know of.

Mineral

[Randomguy]

1 minute ago, Dirtyhip said:

Mineral

Then it should be sheetmineral.

[Dirtyhip]

mineral=rock

 

[MoseySusan ★]

21 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

That is like no damn rock I know of.

It’s similar to sandstone. 

[Randomguy]

14 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said:

mineral=rock

 

This gypsum is not in rock form.

[sheep_herder ★]

1 hour ago, Randomguy said:

This gypsum is not in rock form.

But it probably was was until mined and milled.

[Randomguy]

13 minutes ago, sheep_herder said:

But it probably was was until mined and milled.

But it isn't in rock form.  "Drywall" seems more apt.

[Further]

If you have ever carried much of it, for any distance at all, you would understand sheetrock...

[Square Wheels]

56 minutes ago, Further said:

If you have ever carried much of it, for any distance at all, you would understand sheetrock...

I carried 100 sheets up to the attic of an apartment one day.  I was 16 and in high school.  Co op job during carpentry week.  !/2 inch.  The guy I was working for got mad when I got tired and started doing 1 sheet at a time.  I was probably making 3 bucks an hour.  I did what I was told and went back to 2 sheets.