It's the staple of a billion-dollar construction industry that depends on quick demolition and building. But as New Orleans showed, convenience comes with a cost. Drywall was invented in 1916.

Where is plasterboard manufactured?

The plant at Kirkby Thore, Cumbria has been manufacturing Thistle plasters and plasterboard continuously since 1910 while British Gypsum's third plaster plant is located on the same site as the company's Head Office in East Leake.

How is drywall made?

Drywall is a construction material consisting of thin panels of gypsum board. The board is composed of a layer of gypsum rock sandwiched between two layers of special paper. Drywall makes for a much more efficient method of construction than the common earlier technique of applying wet plaster to a gypsum lath.