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horseman05
Gypsum board plaster lath
cosinewave
It was sometimes called plaster board and was alternative to installing lath.
4b6e6f747779726b696e
The "buttons" are plaster that is squeezed through the holes in the gypsum board and help the plaster adhere to the board.
CogYang
Roof
ChanceVLuck
It's often referred to as button board. Basically it's a layer of cement over a piece of drywall with holes. Think twice before you tear any of it out. In the era that it was used they didn't apply the same care to making the wall studs true. The trueing of the wall was done by the guy applying the cement. The problem is when you take it down and put up drywall, screwing the drywall to the suds will give it a warped and uneven look. This can by fixed with carboard shims and a long, 6' level
Bystandr
^This. It takes some skill to make it look good, and a LOT of time if you dont have said skill, to make it look bad.
ChanceVLuck
Oh yeah, you can days to true up just 1 room. It's extra tough because you need to true both horizontally and vertically at the same time. A motorized hand planer is also a good added tool providing the studs have been triple checked for nails.