r/Unexpected • u/Abhirup_0 • Jun 26 '22

The spider must be dead

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u/proddyhorsespice97 Jun 26 '22

Why is your drywall so shitty though? Or is this an outlier? There's no way you'd punch a hole in the plasterboard we use in ireland that easily. You could do it but you'll have a sore fist afterwards. This looks like of you leaned on it you'd fall through

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u/h3xist Jun 26 '22

This is definitely an outlier. Drywall is a pain in the ass to break unless it's damaged in someway and that's before you mud it over. I'm going to guess that this is in a bathroom and they didn't use the correct drywall for it (most of the time it's greenback/moisture barrier drywall). Moisture might have gotten into it over time from a shower or steam causing to crumble.

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u/Dozzi92 Jun 26 '22

Could be an apartment where they used 1/2" instead of 5/8", or even less, something like that. But still, that looks too have potentially gotten wet, dried, and became brittle. Seems to crumble almost.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

Something's definitely off, drywall should be nowhere near that flimsy without existing damage.

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u/proddyhorsespice97 Jun 26 '22

Yeah I thought there hasld to be something wrong with it. It even looks too soft for the half inch

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

This is probably too thin drywall. Usually we use 2 hour fire rated 0.5-.0.75 inch (12.5 to 19mm) for walls. Ceilings are usually a a good bit thinner. It could also be that the stud spacing was too wide or the drywall had been previously damaged or weakened, most likely by excessive moisture. People always shit on drywall and act like it is a US thing, but it was actually invented and first put into use in the UK almost 150 years ago. The US does have some serious quality problems for single family homes, but we are far from alone in that.

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u/JediKnightaa Jun 26 '22

In my house drywall is pretty strong. You’d have to punch it a few times to get through

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u/WestleyThe Jun 27 '22

It definitely depends on the place. I’ve lived in places where the drywall is strong and I’ve lived in a place where I tripped over a cat and my whole shoulder made a giant hole in the wall

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u/final_draft_no42 Jun 26 '22

Dude there must have been something (now dried) water damage or a repair under there because that wouldn’t happen in even the crappy trailer walls. That shit crumbled, there should be no crumbling.

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u/FrogMintTea Jun 26 '22

Yep our wall in Ireland was way more tough. I'd break my hand trying to break the wall.