What Is Mold Resistant Wallboard?
If you've read a few of my articles, you know that I have
worked in the construction business for over 30 years. I've seen
building products come and go as manufacturers of these products change
their names, start making different building materials or simply vanish
and go out of business. Could mold resistant wallboard be one of these
products?
I want you to picture yourself as an intelligent consumer. Not the
average consumer who gets caught up in all the hype. We're going to try
to get to the bottom of this and find out what the advantages and
disadvantages of mold resistant wallboard could actually be.
The word mold resistant to a building product manufacturer is like money
in the bank. Water resistant is another word that works great to. Mold
resistance and water resistant word phrases give the consumers an
illusion that these products are mold and waterproof. Clever word
phrases like these often paint pictures in people's minds that might be
confusing.
If you're using mold resistant wallboard and mold never grew on the
wallboard. What would we do about the other building products that are
either attached to this product or that this product attaches to? If
we're attaching our mold resistant drywall to wood framing, wouldn't our
wood framing suffer from mold problems, even though the wallboard
wouldn't?
I'm just giving you something to think about here. The plaster or joint
compound used to finish the drywall might not be mold resistance, so we
could end up with mold growing on our mold resistant wallboard, because
of our plaster or joint compound.
That's not it though, what about the paint. I've seen mold growing
underneath paint also. What about the wall texture? In other words, to
make a long story short, I think we need to give it a little more
thought, the next time we purchase any mold resistant or water resistant
products from our local lumber yards or home improvement centers.
Smart consumers usually purchase products that make sense.