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drywall

Also called wallboard or gypsum board,it is a panel of gypsum covered on both sides with paper and used as the primary wall material in home construction. Commonly also called by a particular brand name, Sheetrock.

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That is exactly what the launch of our locally-produced Sheetrock brand plasterboard products in the GCC enables us to do.

USG Boral to launch Sheetrock solutions

Sheetrock gypsum panels are available in several core types for standard construction uses, namely regular core, firecode core, firecode C core, mold tough gypsum, and gypsum liner.

Five minutes with: Fares Saghbini, USG Boral

I tried some molly bolts only to have them tear through the sheetrock, and regular sheetrock screws don't have enough depth to hold.

Tips for fixing up a mobile home

Inside, everything was as it had been the year before-jagged sheetrock clinging to bare studs, dust everywhere, tools scattered over the floor.

Not just any fort

2006 at Chicagoland - USG Sheetrock 400: 1 J Gordon, 2 J Burton, 3 Kyle Busch 4 K Harvick, 5 D Earnhardt, 6 J Johnson, 7 R Sorensen, 8 Kurt Busch, 9 C Bowyer, 10 JJ Yeley, 11 G Biffle, 12 B Labonte, 13 B Vickers, 14 D Hamlin, 15 S Riggs.

Red Bull man value to charge through field; NASCAR Sky Sports 1, 1am

Everyone will be dancing in Sheetrock Hills with Handy Manny and his talking handydandy tools as they use their special talents to make an upbeat song to share at Mickey's party.

Make a date with Mickey at the ECHO Arena

After party invitations are delivered to all of Mickey's Playhouse Disney pals, they find music in the Hundred Acre Woods, Sheetrock Hills and all over the world.

Magic never ends

It can even read tags that are concealed behind wallpaper, sheetrock, plaster, paneling, or any other nonmetallic surface, an advantage in applications where aesthetics or vandalism are considerations.

Guard tour system

GreenPoint Construction Demolition Processing Center, owned by Brahm Demolition, accepts all types of C&D debris, including shingles, concrete, metals, sheetrock, masonry, carpet, wood and bricks.

C&D recycling facility opens in Topeka, Kan

To promote video delivery competition, the FCC said cablers must provide competitors with alternative points of access to existing wires in multi-unit dwellings when the wires are behind sheetrock.

FCC, cable biz get their wires crossed ... again

Next go to your favorite home improvement center and invest in an assortment of mudding tools: a stainless steel trough, various sizes of metal spatulas ranging from one to twelve inches and a bag of powdered Sheetrock Joint Compound.

Q & A: paint restoration

Jeff Gordon, also a Hendrick Motorsports driver and a three-time Daytona 500 winner and a four-time NEXTEL Cup Champion, won the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway and followed two weeks later with the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.