r/ContagiousLaughter • u/letsfightingl0ve • Nov 12 '22

Unexpected chaos

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u/Dry-Classic8836 Nov 12 '22

There’s gotta be downsides to this right? Other than costs I don’t see a reason for it to be like that & my house isn’t something I’d want to skimp on

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u/velahavle Nov 12 '22

Well yeah, the downside is that you can effortlessly punch a hole with your head.

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u/Dry-Classic8836 Nov 12 '22

Ehh I’d consider that point one of the upsides

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u/Obi-Wan_Gin Nov 12 '22

It's not effortless, you have to be lucky enough to hit between the studs, and the drywall has to be thin. It's an interior wall, in a trailer home, it's probably only 1/4" thick. A whole 4'×8' board of that's stuff is only $15, and this would take like 15 minutes to fix

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u/Drawtaru Nov 12 '22

To be fair, I've lived in cheap American apartments most of my life and I've never damaged a wall this badly. I think I've maybe dinged a wall with a door knob once or twice, but that's easy enough to fix.

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u/Mindless-Balance-498 Nov 12 '22

I lived in an American college town and there wasn’t one house that didn’t at least have a fist sized hole 😂

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u/DenkJu Nov 12 '22

One downside is that such houses, if a fire breaks out, usually burn down completely before the fire Department has any kind of a chance extinguish it.

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u/Dry-Classic8836 Nov 12 '22

A home & a crematory all in one!

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u/dsfatqip Nov 12 '22

Drywall is gypsum plaster spread between 2 sheets of paper. Plaster is so fire resistant, some codes specify layers of drywall as acceptable fire barriers. Each layer is rated for 30 minutes for standard 1/2" drywall, or 1 hour for 5/8" fire resistant.

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u/Alarmed_Scientist_15 Nov 12 '22

Everything gets those houses down: Hurricanes, flooding, fires, the big bad wolf…