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Hmm. Homasote? It is good at absorbing sound thouh has little strength but it's very cost prohibitive these days. It's $35+ a sheet and hard to find.
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Mobile homes often have 1/8"-thick wall paneling and plastic batten strips to cover the seams. Home Depot carries two paneling options.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Hardboard-Tem...32777/202046928 (It's smooth on one side)
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Utility-Panel...33096/100535208Another paneling option...
http://www.decpanels.com/products/smoothI'm not sure where you can buy plastic battens locally. You can always make (or buy) wood battens to cover the seams.
http://www.all-rite.com/batten-strips-p-221.html
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It sounds like you're not so concerned with final appearance.
If it was me, and my first choice was drywall, but had issue with lifting full sheets, then I'd cut the full sheets in 1/2 and install them that way. This does add to work in doing the cutting and any taping/mudding that would result, but it will reduce the stress of lifting full panels.
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I would go with drywall the lower course should be fairly easy to maneuver and you could fab together some type of stand so you only have to lift a corner at a time to set the other one on top. I know you said it was heavy but I think you might arrange to lifting only half at a time
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The idea about cutting the sheets in 1/2 may be a workable one, and you could also get the ultra light rock (about 25% less weight) which would help even more. Homasote should be a good option, but the stuff I've seen is what Robert Adams described: not very strong, but it does have good sound dampening.
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Jack01 said:
I am building a partition wall about 18 feet long and 8 feet tall.
I called couple of handyman service and got quotes, and they were quite bit expensive. So that will not be a choice.
We're talking 3 sheets of drywall... What is expensive?
Any free advice given is worth double price paid.