Flooding of property; pipe breaks in ceilings or walls, or standing water necessitates removing
sheetrock that has been water-damaged, up to at least a foot or more above the high-water mark.
USG recently received a Chicago Innovation Award for its
Sheetrock UltraLight Panels.
Another test took place in a
sheetrock structure with a 50/50 wonderboard and
sheetrock interior and 50/50 durarock and plywood floor.
"I suppose it was risky," he says, "but we had houses sitting there two to four weeks waiting for
Sheetrock."
WITH ITS EXPOSED studs and
Sheetrock, Glen Seator's Three, 1999, at Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles, might at first be taken for a Tiravanija project.
The modern facility, designed by DPM Architecture, P.C., features hardwood and carpet tile flooring;
sheetrock and acoustical tile ceilings; frosted glass divider walls and doors;
sheetrock walls with paint and wallcover finishes; and millwork cabinetry.
"But people want that bonus space, so our finished attic supplies an extra 315 square feet." Sixty percent of buyers are completing the third floor, and 20 percent take initial steps toward finishing--opting only for
Sheetrock and subflooring.
In this room-sized piece, close to 25,000 double-edged razor blades, stuck directly into the
Sheetrock, create fields of undulating dashes and eddying swirls.
The ceilings are a combination of enclosed white
sheetrock soffits and areas open to the structure above in a sunset color.