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GreatBigModernMess t1_jd7a541 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 10:47 AM

Reply to comment by Massfusion1981 in LPT: If you're buying a house still under construction, photograph everything before the sheetrock goes up. Knowing exactly where the pipes, wires, and ducts are may prove invaluable some day, and even if you never use them the next owner will appreciate it. by Needleroozer

Americans call drywall “sheetrock” and I don’t understand it either.

RickAstleyletmedown t1_jd7k4wi wrote on March 22, 2023 at 12:28 PM

It's just a brand name that has become synonymous with the product itself, sort of like Xerox, Popsicle, Velcro, Dumpster or Heroin.

GreatBigModernMess t1_jd7q24z wrote on March 22, 2023 at 1:16 PM

Also, Kleenex.

entropylaser t1_jd82api wrote on March 22, 2023 at 2:42 PM

Styrofoam

Massfusion1981 t1_jd7cek2 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 11:13 AM

Ahhh right. Cheers