I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you’d think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.

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    6 months ago

    This one of those things that sounds correct, but isn’t even remotely true. Like not at all, not even based on anything even.

    Wall finishes varies in thickness wildly, and the milled wood also varies in final dimensions depending on moisture content.

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      6 months ago

      Wall finished vary in thickness wildly

      When I was designing kitchens, I and literally everyone in the construction industry around me all assumed that drywall was 1/2”

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        6 months ago

        Fire rated partition wall? 2 layers of 5/8 each side for a total thickness of 6”

        Not to mention the other side already needs a finish making it 4-1/2 already if they are both 1/2 claddings.

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          Come to think of it I think we were modeling it as 3/4 on each side, because I seem to remember the 3.5” 2x4 stud becoming a full integer thickness with drywall on both sides