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Makes plywood look as cheap as chips in comparason, and TBH is a far better quality product!
its amazing how much people will pay for a shitty piece of plaster and cardboard.
I know a few people are using plywood instead.
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Have to agree the shortage is all a bit of a farce, I hear their is pressure on management to resign now because of it...
Not sure I would be using plywood though, it's a pretty scungy product and not too many nice ways of finishing it. You really can't beat plaster board for the nicely finished surface you can create with it...
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A lot of designers and architects use ply very effectively. Perhaps now more will.
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Isn't part of the problem down to Gib being the only product that most Councils will approve? New builds have to abide by the Building Code, and I have a feeling that Fletchers have been enjoying and encouraging special treatment for a long time at the expense of other equally reliable products. Or am I being a CT now?
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The problem is that the architects specify GIB and no substitution is allowed without a new consent. If the government were to allow substitution of equivalent products the problem would largely go away. If the architects wrote up the actual specification required instead of putting in the brand name, the problem would go away.
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It's a bit hard to get plywood now too of course. I needed a couple of sheets to finish my trailer, and had to settle for 12mm, 15 and 17 not available...get it home and it's really poor quality. Just a trailer, but still....
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