Ceilings are made ofplasterboardso as to allow space for service installations, to hide structural unevenness or to further model the interior space.
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Timber, plywood,plasterboardadhered to the module, the exact quantity of materials could be predicted with a 10% contingency.
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Here the reductive quality of the detailing, with its shadow gaps and skirtings rather perversely recessed behind the face of theplasterboard, presents an idealisation of building.
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The whole industry is starved of bricks, cement, timber, steel andplasterboard.
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Plasterboardis the only major material with a long delivery date.
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The production ofplasterboardis restricted by a shortage of the paper liner used in its manufacture.
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Owing to inadequate supplies of the paper liner used in its manufacture, the production ofplasterboardhas recently been curtailed.
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The production ofplasterboardis increasing and the manufacturers estimate that the output will shortly be sufficient to satisfy all essential demands.
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I am aware that there is a general shortage ofplasterboardincluding plasterlath and that this is causing difficulties.
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This also applies toplasterboard, which is in short supply.
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There are houses in my town which have been completed except forplasterboard, and the time given for delivery is about 60 weeks.
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Two newplasterboardfactories are now being erected, and extensions and alterations are being made to existing plant.
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It does not matter how many agencies are set up; the supply ofplasterboardwill not be eased.
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The commission has found that monopoly conditions, as defined in the legislation in force when this report was submitted, prevail in the supply ofplasterboard.
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It takes weeks and sometimes months to getplasterboard.
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