Walls and Ceilings - 8'8" walls

i'm converting my attached garage into a mudroom and dining room, the ceiling height is going to be about 8'8", is it better to install 10' drywall (cut to correct height) with verticle seams or 8' (2 full pieces plus another 8" piece) with horizontal seams, i am assuming the fewer seams the better.....use 10 footers????

You definitely want to hang your drywall horizontally. Today houses are build with this in mind. The drywall will stiffen the structure with no need for blocking. Remember to stagger your butt joints.

but won't this add alot more taping and mudding (2 horizontal joints all each was as well as all the verticle ones) if i were to use 10s cut to length there would be NO hotizontal joints at all, just verticle ones every 4' or so

Nope. Think about it. If you have a 20' wall you will have 4 long tape joints( if you stand them up). If you hang them horizontally and use 10' sheets you will have 2 bands and 2 butt joints. And the top band you can do at the same time you run your angle. And here is something else to think about, your studs won't line up at exactly 4' on center so you will have to rip every sheet. Then you won't have a nice tapered joint to finish but a 8'8" long butt joint.

ok, lets say i have that 20' wall, if i use 10 footers cut to length (8'8") and hang them verticle, i would need exactly 5 sheets (and yes the studs are every 16" and exactly at 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20'). the cut end of each i would put on the floor so i would have 4 seams at 8'8" each centered over a stud with tapered edges on every edge. (total about 34-35' of joint not counting wall against ceiling or either inside corner at ends of wall)
if i use 10 footers horizontal i would have 2 against the ceiling and 2 against the floor and still have an 8" gap in the middle that i would have to fiill with 2 10' x 8" pieces (that gives me 2 20' joints, 2 4' joints, and 1 8" joint, totalling more than 48') plus i would have butt joints without tapered edges (around the 8" pieces), where is the advantage of hanging it horizontal again???

Whatever. I'm not going to argue with you about it. If you want to hang them vertically, go ahead.

Yes Thomas, you will have less lineal feet to tape by hanging vertically. This is usually done in commercial work and hanging hor. is for residential. But what Coops is trying to say is that you will have 20 long flat joints and 2 short butt joints. It's just a matter of how you look at it. I hang board all day, and I would hang a house hor. it really depends on your preference. Lineal footage or the matter of less joints. Coops please tell me if I was right in what you were trying to say. And Thomas you were pretty rude. please try to be a little more tolerant. If I judged you wrong I'll apologize in advance.

You can also use stretch rock to hang the room. Comes in standard lengths, but is 54" wide instead of 48", it's specifically made for hanging 9' walls.

Now you can't buy this at a yard in a box, it's generally only available thru a drywall supply place. Did a bit of research for ya & came up with the link below as the closest place to purchase the stretch rock in your area.



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Good luck.