Gypsum boards are excellent for this — they help dampen noise and ... When choosing a material for your false ceiling, don't forget to think about texture and color. Smooth finishes, like ...

Q–I have a large room that I would like to paint. The walls had two layers of wallpaper over unsized gypsum board. The top layer of paper came off fairly easily, but the other, which is textured ...

The Gypsum Association has released GA-227-13, “Recommendations for the Prevention of Ceiling Cracking.” The publication outlines methodologies for mitigating cracking in large span gypsum board ...

"Soda straw" stalactites (left) and a gypsum flower (right) hang from the ceiling of caves at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Soda straws are hollow tubes of calcite. (Image credit: ...