Blueboard and Plaster for Residential New Construction and Home Addition
Boston Plastering focuses on providing exceptional skills with this specialty trade: Plastering.
Our board hangers and plasterers have decades of experience and perform the work efficiently and with care.
Our board hangers and plasterers have decades of experience and perform the work efficiently and with care.
Should you have plaster on the walls and ceilings of your new house construction or home addition?
(What’s the difference between drywall and plaster?)
The interior construction of housing takes a lot of time and effort and can give homeowners headaches and worry besides spending a lot of money. The finish work needs to be done by experienced workers in the trade if you want it to look its best.
In case you have come to a halt and are not sure if you should use drywall mud at the sheetrock/drywall seams or go with blueboard and plaster, just know that plaster is a more durable finish by nature than drywall, even high-level drywall finishes. In addition, plaster outperforms drywall in a number of critical areas such as insulation, soundproofing, and fireproofing. Another advantage of plaster is that mold cannot grow in it.
The interior construction of housing takes a lot of time and effort and can give homeowners headaches and worry besides spending a lot of money. The finish work needs to be done by experienced workers in the trade if you want it to look its best.
In case you have come to a halt and are not sure if you should use drywall mud at the sheetrock/drywall seams or go with blueboard and plaster, just know that plaster is a more durable finish by nature than drywall, even high-level drywall finishes. In addition, plaster outperforms drywall in a number of critical areas such as insulation, soundproofing, and fireproofing. Another advantage of plaster is that mold cannot grow in it.
Plaster is stronger, plaster is energy sufficient, and has better sound blocking qualities
- The strength of a solid plaster wall compared to drywall is very significant. Just try sanding cured plaster or punching a hole in a plaster wall compared to drywall and you will notice the difference right away. This strength comes in handy to avoid dings, nicks, and dents that easily come with having drywall installed.
- Plaster makes your walls (and ceiling) thicker, nearly twice as much as drywall. This provides better thermal breaks and helps save money on energy.
- Being harder and thicker than drywall, plaster blocks more sound and is great for privacy, bad for eaves-dropping.
We enjoy working in customer’s new home construction or home addition and seeing the satisfaction on their faces after they see the transformation take place. The new construction gypsum plaster walls are glass-like smooth and after 4-5 days of letting the plaster fully cure, you can then have the painters prime and paint the walls and ceilings to make your home look spectacular!
Rest assured Boston Plastering will work hard and deliver professional results while you take care of other tasks to enjoy your new home or new home addition.
- Plaster makes your walls (and ceiling) thicker, nearly twice as much as drywall. This provides better thermal breaks and helps save money on energy.
- Being harder and thicker than drywall, plaster blocks more sound and is great for privacy, bad for eaves-dropping.
We enjoy working in customer’s new home construction or home addition and seeing the satisfaction on their faces after they see the transformation take place. The new construction gypsum plaster walls are glass-like smooth and after 4-5 days of letting the plaster fully cure, you can then have the painters prime and paint the walls and ceilings to make your home look spectacular!
Rest assured Boston Plastering will work hard and deliver professional results while you take care of other tasks to enjoy your new home or new home addition.