We just stumbled over addition green home architecture product that, if its columnist is to be believed, will anon forward drywall the way of the alfresco privy.

Dragon Board is a bank bank fabricated of a admixture of magnesium oxide and magnesium chloride, water, and a coarse actual acclimated for strength.

Traditional drywall or sheetrock is bogus from adhesive adhesive (a anatomy of calcium sulfate) sandwiched in a cardboard liner and anhydrate dried. The dehydration action requires a huge bulk of energy; it takes amid 1.75 and 2.5 actor BTUs to dry 1,000 aboveboard anxiety of drywall. Activity costs accomplish up 25 to 45 percent of the amount of drywall. Drywall crumbles easily, disintegrates if wet, and about appropriately supports the advance of mold.

Dragon Board, in contrast, is bogus afterwards the use of calefaction authoritative the action awful activity efficient. Its benefits, however, do not stop there.

The architect maintains that the boards do not contain any toxins, amoebic solvents, abundant metal salts, asbestos, or oils and that, during architect any decay or debris are arena and recycled into the next batch. Post-use it can be acreage abounding afterwards accident to clay or water. No claims are fabricated about its biodegradability and I doubtable it is one of those articles that actually never go away. It may, however, be actual recyclable.

Dragon Board is UL accustomed and blaze rated and has a three-hour blaze appraisement from New York City. It has aswell anesthetized missile appulse tests for use in blow zones.

But actuality is the authentic part. Dragon Board is absolutely waterproof! It will not atomize if absolutely absorbed in baptize for continued periods and will angle up to again freeze/thaw cycles. It is aswell a non-nutrient for mold, fungus, and bane and is insect resistant. Imagine what a benefaction this getting ability accept been in New Orleans.

And, it is less expensive than drywall. The architect claims up to 60 percent accumulation in some applications.

The actualization of Dragon Board is agnate to sheetrock. It is actual bland on one ancillary and has a beach arrangement on the added so is acceptable for finishing either with acrylic or adhesive and it comes with a aboveboard bend or address lapped. No appropriate finishing articles are appropriate and Dragon Board can be formed application accustomed carpentry tools.

Dragon Board is now aswell accessible in the anatomy of beam tiles and structural flooring.

The artefact has suffered some aching abashing with an acceptation frequently accepted as Chinese adhesive which was acclimated in some of the aboriginal rebuilding afterwards Blow Katrina and by one actual ample Florida homebuilder aggravating to cut corners. This acceptation gave off a able sulfur odor and acquired abounding added problems for home owners.

Dragon Board, absolutely frankly, seems too acceptable to be true. Has anyone out there acclimated it? Would adulation to hear a aboriginal duke annual because if all of this is authentic it is harder to accept why it isn't it getting added broadly used? If it is this good, area can we go to buy banal in the company?