Let's discuss solid sheeting the inside of a house

does make for a very solid and less noisy home, no concerns of trying to find a stud to hang dat heavy arse crap in dat special place the lil miss wants it, consider doing the ceilings as well...

Will never be able to hide joints other than adding a trim board over the seam. Overall with corners and joints it will never be as "finished" as a sheetrock house. Painting is difficult because knot hole are always going to try and bleed through. I would have a hard time living a house house without light colors.

But if you like rustic looking then it might be your ticket.

Just seems incredibly unnecessary.

Hanging typical pictures, etc. from sheetrock anchors is not typically a problem. You can sheet behind the typical places that need it (curtains, TVs, etc.) without doing the entire house.

It would definitely add to the structural stability of the home. Also serve as fairly solid sound proofing.

Insulation may be affected. Some insulation vapor barriers shouldn't be in direct contact with flammable surfaces, but I imagine this can be planned around.

All your door jambs would have to be adjusted and non-standard sizes (assuming you sheeted over a standard 2x4 with 1/2" sheetrock).

Any work done after construction would be a little more difficult. Fishing wires, adding receptacles/cable connections, etc. are a more difficult than without the sheeting.

Strong arse house. Quieter as well.

Increases the shear or racking loads by transmitting the loads to the sheathing through the fastener system. If there is an earthquake you're good. Tornado better than your neighbors without plywood

Right but at what point does that matter? Are we seeing non-ss houses falling over next to ss ones? I’m honesty leaning towards it but I think the only tangible benefits are anecdotaly quieter and easier to hang things on walls.

How would it make the walls “squarer”?

I didnt solid sheet my entire house, just my closets. I went with 3/4" in there due to the amount of weight from hanging clothes and stuff. I also ran some 2x8s horizontally and have an electrical outlet on the walls where I knew I would have TVS in mine and my kids rooms.


I would say do that at minimum.

At a certain point sheeting all the walls is overkill. Most of the time the exterior corners are sheeted and that stiffens up the entire wall just fine.

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How would it make the walls “squarer”?

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I don't see how it could, unless they are talking about vertically square, as in leaning as the house ages, but that's what slap studs are for?

If that shite is framed out of square, plywood aint gonna do no magic on Mexican Framers.