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1. GBA Editor
   Martin Holladay | Jun 26, 2014 06:19am | #1

   Jerry,
   Q. "Are there any issues with using 1/2-inch drywall on 24 inch o.c. framed walls?"

   A. No. This installation meets code as well as manufacturers' recommendations. (See, for example, this document from U.S. Gypsum.)

   If you are installing 1/2-inch drywall on ceilings that are framed 24 inches o.c., make sure that you specify sag-resistant drywall and that you install the drywall perpendicular to the framing.

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   user-1137156 | Jun 26, 2014 07:48am | #2

   THANK YOU Martin! That's the answer I hoped for.

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   wjrobinson | Jun 28, 2014 03:48pm | #3

   Cheap versus luxury....

   Same with drywall verse plaster walls.

   5/8" feels like a solid wall just like solid doors cost more but feel like luxury verses $30 lusn hollow core or worse the doors made of pressed paper.