Drywall | Sheetrock how it is made
Drywall is used in almost any structure. Drywall is used in nearly every house and building around the world. So it is a reasonable question to wonder how drywall is made and what drywall is made of.
Drywalls main component would be mineral gypsum. You can think of drywall as a sandwich the gypsum is poured onto a layer of paper, after which another roll of paper is rolled over the middle pour. This creates a sandwich effect. After this sandwich is passed through a machine it is rolled into it's proper thickness. The most common thickness are 0.37 inch (9.5 mm), 0.5 inch (12.7 mm), and 0.62 inch (15.7mm).
After an extensive process of cutting the sheets into standard 8ft forms and cutting the edges to be all of the same consistency, the drywall sheets then enter an oven. This is a special drying oven that heat the drywall at 500 degrees starting off and gradually decreases the heat as the drywall passes through the oven this process last about 45 minutes. The temperature is carefully monitored during this process.
After this drying process the drywall sheets are stacked and await shipment. Not the most exciting story ever told, but helps you to appreciate a lot more work than it may seem goes into the process of making drywall, or sheetrock.