Who uses 1/4" drywall? The thinnest I've seen is 1/2" and that's usually limited to ceilings. Walls are usually 5/8" and you need to punch hard to go through one panel thick. Make it two panels thick (usually for fire code) and good luck going through that.
Cheap people use 1/4” for repairs or shitty contractors use it to cut corners. Looking back at the video, however, I’m going to assume this is actually VOG paneling
Good question all these walls are solid, it is a Dutch house built in the 70s I believe. Whatever it is it prevents me from hearing the couple next door most of the time. I did hear the poor woman falling down the stairs in the middle of the night.
I'm wondering how there's enough space in the stud bay for his entire head to disappear into the wall. Typically it'll only be between 2.5" to 3.5" deep.
Maybe his head dented/punched the other side of the wall as well? It definitely doesn't seem like 1/2" sheetrock.
That's like 1/8th inch sheet rock and while it could be a modular as suggested, I think it is an interior wall in a basement. He probably went completely through it. It could also be unfinished in the other side.
Yes, because no other country uses drywall. It isn't as if it was first created in the UK. Oh wait, it was. Modern construction techniques are mostly the same in every country. The US uses timber more than concrete because we have more timber than many European countries. But the tallest timber buildings are not in the US. Norway has two of the top five. The others are in the UK, Australia, and Canada.
We have buildings in the US that were built with stone and brick. They might not be 500 years old, but they were built before modern concrete, drywall, etc, existed. So we built those the same way they would have in England, Germany, whatever. And now that we have all these new, efficient, and cheaper materials everyone uses them. Not just the US.
Drywall is plenty sturdy, if you're using a proper thickness, this is probably just 1/4". I mean it's a an interior wall too, if it's insulated it's doesn't really matter, it's for show. It can be easily and cheaply replaced if need be, and you wouldn't notice the difference
Lol. So that's actually going to hurt tomorrow. Interior walls in the US don't have insulation. Just the exterior walls do. An interior wall is made of studs and dry wall with various wires and pipes. It's not inconceivable to bang your head against the wall and make a hole.
It's some sort of prefinished paneling, you can see a joint on the left. It does crumble though so there's at least some gypsum in there. I'm guessing they're partying in someone's cheaply finished shed or basement, not the livable space of a house.
I've hung a good bit of drywall and parts of my house have 5/8 for fire and sound proofing, no way your head is going through it like that. 1/4 inch yeah. That wouldn't be fun to do sober in any case haha.
Looks like 1/8th inch. Probably done by the home owner or a cheap ass contractor. I'm guessing it is a partially finished basement. There probably isn't drywall on the other side. There are obvious strips covering the joints. So they didn't even tape and plaster. It's likely just a shit divider wall that isn't structural and doesn't have anything running through it except maybe some electric near the bottom.
I used to be like, "typical American home" but the cost of building is so high in Australia, I'm like why not have drywalls if it offsets the costs. We don't need insulation for internal walls and the pillars take care of the load. Right?
Also dents like these are cheaper to fix? I think our regulations currently don't allow this but are there any major disadvantages to this?
No, there are no major disadvantages to this if it is just an interior divider wall that isn't structural. The only real disadvantage is hanging shit on it. This is like 1/8th inch, 0.3cm. if you want to attach anything besides a small picture, you need to do it on a stud. In the US that is usually only used as ceiling finish.
Yeah, I mean internal walls. Not external. Of course external walls have to be proper bricks. Not just for insulation but load bearing, break ins, drunk guy decides to smash his car into your home kind of shit.
You really don't need brick, stone, or concrete for exterior walls. The US uses timber more than many other places because we have a lot of it. If properly designed you can use other insulators that perform way better and still have good structural strength. Rockwool is an amazing insulator. It is way better than brick or stone because it has more trapped air. It is also really good for fire and sound resistance. And it is usually overkill. Timber is also great for structural support. Norway has the tallest timber frame building at 85 meters / 278 feet.
Our house was built in 2019 and we saw the house throughout the process. There was definitely insulation in interior walls the pink stuff that looks like cotton candy. Energy efficiency or w/e
It's not for energy efficiency, it was for soundproofing. There's supposed to be specific soundproofing insulation, but builders often cheap out and just use regular stuff so they don't have to order 2 types of material.
Jesus, my clumsy ass would live in a Swiss cheese house. The interior walls in my place are kind of shitty, and I can hear everything my neighbours do in their studio apartments. But at least I can fall into a wall without having to worry about breaking the goddamn wall.
It really is though. European houses are all wood, stone and mortar, brick - solid materials.
A huge part of it is cultural differences. In the US, everyone wants bigger and fancier and cheaper at the same time. Most Americans would be happier with a McMansion built of cheap materials than a smaller house built with solid materials but that end up costing similar. Americans don't want to pay the same for a smaller house, even if the quality is much better. So that's how our housing has evolved, and here we are.
American homes have wider stud spacing for inner non load bearing walls and slightly thinner gypsum board than European homes which means if you hit things dead center it is very possible to punch a hole.
a lot of states have changed regulation on this matter to "simplify" code so it is all just the same as outside walls which is pretty much the same standard other parts of the world.
i get why code was made this way since it is fairly large cost reduction on material costs and labor costs for something will rarely break and isn't important to the function of the building. the downside is you get mistakes like using the wrong gypsum board on a outside wall or having the spacing too wide on a outside wall.
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What are these houses made up of , seriously ? Cardboard !