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In Reply to: RE: "What's your thoughts" posted by jec01 on September 23, 2015 at 19:36:52
Yeehaa.
My overall experience is that most homes, especially older homes, have eight foot ceilings with eight foot drywall. I've sometimes wondered why I don't ever see 10 or 12 foot drywall in the "home improvement" stores. It's good to know that it's available.
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Funny you say "older homes". I bought my 1924 house in large part because it has 9 foot ceilings and plaster walls. The newer post WWII homes all had the 8' ceilings.
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
"Post WWII" homes ARE older homes. ;) The house where I grew up was built in about 1957. 58 years ago! All 8' ceilings. Heck, our current home was built in 1974 - 41 years ago! - and even it's now an older home! Although, one good thing about it is that the living room, where the speakers live, starts at 9' on the speaker wall and slopes upward to the second floor (which has almost all 8' ceilings), so my speakers can really open up and fill the house when I want 'em to, and... I don't have any serious room mode issues. :)
I was a builder for 40+ yrs. Sheetrock comes in 4' widths and 8,10,12,14 & 16' lengths. But today, the box stores have scaled it back to 8 and 12' store availability. It makes for more manageable inventory.
Typically, the sheetrock is run horizontally. So you only have one mud joint on the wall at 4' height. 2 pieces of 4' wide sheetrock makes for the 8 ft ceiling height. You can stand the sheetrock. But it is not the recommended method because you end up with a mud joint every 4' due to the 4' width.
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You paid HOW MUCH for that electrical receptacle?!!! Are YOU nuts?
The developers have exploited the Masses by limiting the height to 8 feet. As per human scale studies in Architecture the right ceiling height is 9 feet, especially for the tall Americans. Nobody will protest if the height is limited to lintel height at the top of the doors. There will of course be saving in AC and heating charges.
Cheers
Bill
Here's the tune for you.
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
Thanks.
Cheers
Bill
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