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About what year did Sheetrock come into use?
I have a house with plaster walls and I am trying to to date it by determining when sheetrock came into use.
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- rob sLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
The beginning product was call plaster board. It had tar paper layered with plaster in roughly 3'x3' pcs. This came around in the late 1880s. Invented in the UK.
What we now use with the paper backed/front product came into production between 1910 and 1930s. GL
And who ever gave the thumbs down don t know much .. This is general knowledge and right outta wikipedia
- Anonymous8 years ago
What country do you live in?
I am a plasterer and might be able to help you.
In Australia we call it plasterboard so i am assuming you are in USA and thats what they call sheetrock?
