[moreless]

For us non-english speakers - "sheetrock" == drywall.

I find I can do most such works better than (average) professionals, but it takes a lot of time to learn, prepare, execute (+ sometimes re-execute) and clean. It all depends on when you are satisfied with the result.

[Jaruzel]

I recently came across 'sheetrock' as a term and had to google it...

For UK natives it's actually three steps:

"sheetrock" == drywall == Plasterboard

[logfromblammo]

I have also heard it as "gypsum wallboard", which is certainly most descriptive.

I'm not certain whether the water-resistant, mold-resistant variety typically hung behind tiles in bathrooms is ever referred to as "wetwall" or if they still call it "drywall".

Nor am I aware of whether anyone calls the foil-backed, glass-reinforced, fire-resistant variety "firewall" instead of "drywall".

I wouldn't be surprised if obsolete and inapplicable names still attach to items with the same function. If we ever move to polyethylene film panels sandwiched with phase-change material for our walls, it might still be called "plasterboard" somewhere.

[marme]

it is called dry wall because it is installed while already dry. Unlike the old technique of lath and plaster where you build up the wall with multiple layers of wet plaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lath_and_plaster

[fl0wenol]

Sheetrock is USG's trade name for a line of drywall products. Sounds like it's going the way of Kleenex, Band-aid, or Hoover.