DRYWALL SERVICES
Sidhu Siding Ltd. offers top-quality residential and commercial services to our clients throughout the Calgary area. Our drywall services are of top quality as customer satisfaction I sour motto. Drywall is more popular because of its affordability and ease of installation. It has a smooth appearance and can easily be painted and is best for wall insulation. Drywall installation can be a hassle to try to tackle on your own as the taping, mudding, and sanding process is fairly tedious and can create significant dust and mess in your home and the large sheets of drywall can be difficult to maneuver, especially by yourself.
Drywall is applied to walls and ceilings using special drywall nails or screws, which penetrate the gypsum without shattering it and hold the heavy sheets firmly with their wide heads. Drywall nails and screws are sunk just beneath the surface of the drywall. After it is installed, the indentations and seams are filled using special lath and plaster products applied with a trowel.
The method of installation and type of drywall can reduce sound transmission through walls and ceilings. Several builders’ books state that thicker drywall reduces sound transmission, but engineering manuals recommend using multiple layers of drywall, sometimes of different thicknesses and glued together, or special types of drywall designed to reduce noise.
Dry wall is highly vulnerable to moisture due to the inherent properties of the materials that comprise it: gypsum, paper, and organic additives and binders. Gypsum will soften with exposure to moisture and eventually turn to a gooey paste with prolonged immersion, such as during a flood. During such incidents, some or all of the drywall in an entire building may need to be removed and replaced. Furthermore, the paper facings and organic additives mixed with the gypsum core are food for mold.
