Plaster vs drywall
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A contractor says they put in plaster (more moola for them) and two other general contractors, a carpenter, and a licensed certified home inspector ALL say the contractor put up drywall. The contractor is still fighting me over this because it represents a large amount of money for the difference. How can I prove that this is drywall like four other professionals are telling me its drywall? What are the ways to tell the difference once the walls and outlets are up?
We've always lived in old houses and often it can be hard to tell. Sometimes the texture of the walls makes it obvious. If not, the lightswitch plate trick is the way we've always determined what the walls are, since you can see by the cut. One tip, you need to check every room, since sometimes houses do have a combination of plaster and sheetrocked walls.
Remove a few light plate switches and outlet boxes. You can tell if your have drywall or plaster by looking at the wall at those spots.
Remove an outlet cover or lightswitch plate. If they are plaster, you will see lathe (wood).
Take off a switchplate and you will be able to see if it is plaster or drywall.
Removing a switch plate or outlet cover should give you an answer real quick. If your home was built after a certain time or remodeled in more recent history, it could more likely be drywall.