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  2. Drywall - Wikipedia

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    Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, [1] wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate , with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of facer and backer paper, used in the construction ...

  3. Knauf - Wikipedia

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    Knauf Group is a multinational, family-owned company based in Iphofen, Germany, well known for drywall gypsum boards, founded in 1932. The company is a producer of building materials and construction systems comprising construction materials for drywall construction, plasterboard, cement boards, mineral fibre acoustic boards, dry mortars with gypsum for internal plaster and cement-based ...

  4. Chinese drywall - Wikipedia

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    Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...

  5. Plaster veneer - Wikipedia

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    Plaster veneer is well-suited to the renovation of older buildings, since it is an easier option than full re-creation of the original lath and plaster. The veneer surface will closely mimic antique walls, with their hand-applied variations. In contrast, properly finished mud-and-tape drywall can be very planar, and industrially uniform in ...

  6. List of S. H. Kress and Co. buildings - Wikipedia

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    This is a List of S. H. Kress and Co. buildings that are notable. This includes buildings named Kress Building or variations. Historic S. H. Kress & Co. structures include: S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Augusta, Georgia) S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Anniston, Alabama), listed on the NRHP in Calhoun County, Alabama in 1985

  7. Building 19 - Wikipedia

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    Building #19 was criticized, and promptly apologized. [17] Two years later, a flier poked fun at the 2006 controversy, and was similarly criticized. [18] The main Building #19 store was located in Hingham, Massachusetts; other stores had a numerical fraction appended to their name (such as Building #19½, in Burlington or Building #19¾, in ...

  8. List of most expensive buildings - Wikipedia

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    The inclusion or exclusion of items from this list or length of this list is disputed. Please discuss this issue on the talk page . In the following, a building is defined as a structure with a roof and walls that stands permanently in one place.

  9. Category : Buildings and structures completed in 1900

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    Pages in category "Buildings and structures completed in 1900" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .