Test a known surface for hardness and feel it for temperature and moisture.
Are My Walls Plaster Or Drywall. Does anyone know how you can tell? Plaster used to be the default wall material until drywall came along.
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All the demo i have done in remodeling, the sheets are/were 3/8 thick. A friend asked me how you tell if your walls are. Interior cement plastering over concrete walls, plastering interior concrete walls.
I thought our home had drywall but we are beginning to wonder if its maybe plaster.
Given the age of construction and the very limited information provided, my guess is it has drywall installed over plaster lathe. My husband and i decided to finally remove our horrid sunshine ceiling so we began removing it yesterday. Plaster walls are more substantial and durable than wallboard. Hence, the invention of the anchor.