Plasterboard recycling into soil

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Hmmmm we have used it a few times and haven't noticed any ill effects yet, any ill effects yet, any ill effects yet, any ill effects yet, any ill effects yet, /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif )</font>

Hmmmm... that sounds more like a concussion from a sheet of it falling on your head than from mildewcide. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I had big plans to grind some up and add it to my pond to help with the turbidity, but I think I'll pass now. With the price of bass fingerlings, I guess it makes more sense to just buy a few bags of the pure stuff.

When I built my home, my neighborhood was not up to fire code. Not enough hydrants and all. So I built from 5/8 sheetrock. A sheet of that stuff is unbelievably heavy. Every time I passed by the drywall men, they looked completely whipped, and gave me dirty looks. I told them "Hey! That's what worker's comp is for!" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[turnkey4099]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Whats needed (and I'm not the handy one to make it) is a tractor attachment that will grind up & spread (like a seeder) bits of sheet rock.
I'm about 30 days away from having our new home drywalled I know that there's going to be TONS of scrap waiting for me.

-dave
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Just don't do THIS at home! I had a pile to get rid of and a bad spot from coal ash being dumped. Decided the 'rock would help things. Set up and used my chipper/shredder. DON'T! I couldn't even see the machine as soon as the first piece hit. Continued anyhow and when finished hosed the the machine off with it running. 5 minutes of that and I was still getting white run-off. Complete cleanup of the engine and a new filter. Haven't used it since so I don't know if I even have a shredder anymore knowing the instant rusting that 'rock dust causes.

Harry K

 

[Argee]

I took all the drywall scrap I had leftover and buried it in the driveway roadbed. Laid it out there and drove over with a dozer a few times to break it up. Put it over clay as it will eventually work it down.

 

[Junkman]

When I was building my home, I caught the dry wall workers putting the small pieces between the walls to get rid of it. Luckily for me, I caught this practice within the first hour of them arriving and told them that if I caught them doing it again, that I would throw them all off the job. The owner of the company stopped in just about 5 minutes later and I told him what happened. He said that it was a common practice, and that if I wanted it stopped, that he would tell the men, but the scraps belonged to me to dispose of. That was fine with me, and better than having them in the walls when it would cause problems if I ever tried to fish a wire through the wall. I mention this so you don't wind up with the same potential problems.

 

[JDgreen227]

"Caught the drywall workers putting small pieces inside the walls"

Common practice... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I knew dozens of drywall installers during my working career but I never saw anyone do that. Don't most construction projects have a huge dumpster on the premises? When we built our addition we hung about 3500 square feet of drywall on the first floor walls and ceilings alone and I tilled all the scraps into our garden plot.

Here's another thing to look out for with the drywall guys...no, I never saw this done either, but I have one work associate who had a house built and during the construction he had a lot of arguments with the foreman. He claimed that after the house was built he began having problems with the paint and wallpaper peeling off and according to him it was because the crew INTENTIONALLY installed the drywall inside out.

Has anyone ever heard that one before?

 

[turnkey4099]

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Here's another thing to look out for with the drywall guys...no, I never saw this done either, but I have one work associate who had a house built and during the construction he had a lot of arguments with the foreman. He claimed that after the house was built he began having problems with the paint and wallpaper peeling off and according to him it was because the crew INTENTIONALLY installed the drywall inside out.

Has anyone ever heard that one before? )</font>

Sounds like an urban legend or the like to me. It would be instantanly obvious to him with just a glance plus causing the tapers problems. There is nothing on the backside to cause paint problems anyhow.

Harry K

 

[SPIKER]

drywall is white side finish shide of it the brown side is the indise the wall side and is non-finish side. I ahve seen the drywall put between the studs as well not all that UNCOMMON and have even done it myself. sound deadener /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif as for creating problem rnning wires it MAY happen but not likely for NEW construction as the wires are all in prior to the drywall going in so inspectors are all there to see it... also have had home owners request extra on walls for sound deading (ya it does not deaden noise but hey they paid up for the extra footage so why not /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif also most/many areas require dual layers of over lapping drywall between garages and or other appatrments. commonly called fire walls and are made of 2 layers of 5/8" fire coat (which has extra fiber reinforcing as well as fire retardant paper) this is harder to work with but also costs 1/2 again as much so we charged much more...

worst hanging job we did was in a garage with the floor not poured yet home owners HAD to have it done so they could get occupency permite. (attached garage was added to existing house and city inspector made them MOVE out into hotel untill it was done.) as they COULD or did park a car in there I think they pissed off the inspector myself? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif anyhow it was 12' high piles of stone /dirt in center no scafolding could be errected so had to press it form high legs on the benches. it was about finger tip height for me with 2 high steps up to get to the bench. middle of a blizzard with -30 degree temps, oh no garage door either! boards were 16' x 5/8" fire board they were so cold you couldn't PUSH a nail into it far enough for it to stick. had to nail one board get into truck to warm up, wait 15 min get out hang 2nd board did this for 2+ hrs and only had a 1/4 done. gave up went home told them it wasn't working out but we got roof done that day couldn't do side walls as they HAD to be glued and it was too cold for glue per specs they told us to glue it anyhow we said nope not unless they want to pay us to tear it out and start over as the inspector had already stopped by to CHECK to see what was going on... lol he didn't give us a hard time but wasn't happy with them home owners! hehehe

Makr M

 

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A friend of mine just sent me these pics....his brother does rehab/construction work in New York. This is a different type of drywall recycleing.

-dave

 

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...and another

 

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..last one. Kinda cool I thought. Not sure I want it, but neat none the less.

-dave