![]() Sheetrock is nothing more than a brand name of drywall. There are several other spots I've had to patch from the plaster cracking or otherwise "bubbling", but mostly, the house is still very sound after sixty years. That being said, I had a roof leak that bubbled the plaster on my ceiling, which I had to take off and patch after it dried out. Plus the soft gypsum it is made from soaks up water, and it can literally "fall apart" when soaked with water, which plaster doesn't tend to do. I'm pretty sure I read that drywall tends to mold so badly if it gets wet because of the paper it is constructed with, which is what the mold feeds on. My home, built in about 1960, is plastered, but no lath - the home is masonry (cinderblock with veneer brick), with furring strips attached to the block, no insulation, and "sheetrock" ( not modern drywall) attached to the furring, and plastered over. I'm not a builder, but keep an eye on trends like this, in case I ever get around to having a retirement home built. Same thing with attic spaces, the traditional "cold attic" is being replaced by insulation being placed in the rafters instead of the joists, and making the attic a "semi-conditioned" space. They claimed it was much more energy-efficient than traditional batt insulation between the studs plus drywall. The interior was painted without adding drywall or other covering. I watched a video recently, where a newer home was built with traditional studs and exterior sheathing (they may have used "real boards" instead of plywood or chipboard for the sheathing), but they then wrapped the exterior with a vapor barrier, installed foam sheets, and then furred over the top and sided it. There seems to be changes in thought about insulating homes now. My home, built in about 1960, is plastered, but no lath - the home is masonry (cinderblock with veneer brick), with furring strips attached to the block, no insulation, and "sheetrock" (not modern drywall) attached to the furring, and plastered over.
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