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It looks so neat! (thelemmy.club)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/wtf@lemmy.wtf
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[–] 40 points 11 months ago (10 children)

I remember being a kid and watching a few films where people fall over and put holes in the walls; I was so confused. I didn’t understand how people could put holes in bricks using their arms and legs.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    thats just drywall. its shit but a lot of cheap builds use it.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    its shit but a lot of cheap builds use it.

    Wait... What do you use to cover your (non stone) walls??? Is there some sort of beadboard or shiplap supremacy group I've never heard of?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    sheetrock with plaster on top

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    God I fucking hate plaster. Granted, my house uses oldish-fashioned metal lath and plaster, but it's such a ball ache. I wish it had been built with just drywall so I could use stud finders and shitty drywall anchors. Instead it's all fuckass toggle bolts and "use this giant magnet to find the stupid screw that attaches the stupid lath to the stupid stud." Ugh.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Why would you have non stone walls?

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Because there are earthquakes where I live literally all the time.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Interesting, I do live on a fault line (eger graben) and while the earthquakes are frequently here they are barely noticeable, they just sound like a loud car. Are the earthquakes wearing down the stone where you live, and what do you use for walls instead that can withstand bigger earthquakes?

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