Gyprock? (forum)

Karen & Paul starts with ...
Hi All, you may remember us from a few months ago building our new house? Well it's coming along and getting very close to completion. Hoping to put our first plant in this weekend - passionfruit vine :-)
So the plasterers are there at the moment, throwing piles of off cuts out the back door. They have told us to break them up under the gardens and lawn as they will break down. Sounds weird to me, isn't this stuff like cement? Toxic? He also said something about it adding lime - we have pretty heavy clay soils.
Anyone have any words of wisdom for us on this one?

Time: 15th October 2009 3:46pm

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Dekka says...
It's amazing what some people in the building trades will do to avoid tip fees. Here's some wiki info:-
A wallboard panel is made of a paper liner wrapped around an inner core made primarily from gypsum plaster, the semi-hydrous form of calcium sulfate (CaSO4

Time: 15th October 2009 4:27pm

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Ellen says...
Karen & Paul

You tell them to clean up after themselves or else later you'll have to clean up yourelf .

Our builder had cleaned up, but bits and pieces here and there all over in our back yard, the grass has came up high, we didn't see, we ended up having to hire a bin, plus with the tall grass cuts, whoa, it was such a mess .

Council rubbish truck won't tip your bin for you if it is packed and too heavy especially if they know it contained builder's rubbish .

Time: 15th October 2009 6:32pm

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Itdepends says...
Gypsum (in the gyprock) would actually help your clay soil- it binds the particles up to improve crumb structure and drainage.


Time: 15th October 2009 10:52pm

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Karen & Paul says...
So maybe ok under the lawn area but perhaps not for the vegie beds and food growing areas which will be well raised above the clay anyway?

Time: 16th October 2009 7:43am

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Karen & Paul says...
Actually I just read Dekka's scientific info again and have decided definately NO. I'm sure there are other things we can do to deal with our clay soils then spreading "cytotoxic and weakly genotoxic" agents around for the kids and chooks to forage on.

Time: 16th October 2009 7:47am

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