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the mysterious wall material

mjlb
9 years ago

I encountered a mysterious wall material while looking at a studio condo. Someone else put that unit under agreement, but I anticipate other units in the bldg coming on the market over time, so I'm still curious.

The building was constructed in the early 1970's. The walls between units sound like concrete, but the partition walls for bath, kitchen and closets sound like metal. Not just metal studs, but like the whole wall is metal. But the walls are not metal as it was easy to make a small hole in the material (inside a closet).

Does anyone have any idea what the material might be? I'm hoping it's not asbestos-based or something that would complicate demolition and remodeling!

Thanks for any and all guesses.

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