Archive for the ‘Engineering’ Category

Why is celloluse the cheif ingredient to drywall? What is the purpose of drywall? Is it just to look good?

Sunday, October 4th, 2009
alison a asked:


is drywall and sheetrock synonymous?

Why are the walls in apartments so thin?

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Hood asked:


I live in a newer complex and we consistently have noise issues with the paper thin walls in this building. I can literally hear my neighbors leaving and entering rooms downstairs, and playing loud bass music.

The insulation is very poor in the units too, so given these issues, why do contractors build apartments with such low quality materials? Do they not have any hindsight for the people who are actually live there? Or is it that much more expensive to find a better drywall?