Walls and Ceilings - Corner prepping for drywall installation
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Flyboy65
01-25-09, 06:54 AM
We've gutted our upstairs down to the studs, rewired, and are prepping for drywall installers.
The house was built in 1897, and some corners don't have nailers for drywall. Some I can nail studs to, others may be a bit more difficult.
How necessary is it to have a corner of drywall actually attached? If it's 6 or 8 inches from another stud, is it still necessary for nailers in the corner?
I have no idea how much this house is going to move from season to season. We're in northern MN, and right now it's minus 12 degrees out.
The house was built in 1897, and some corners don't have nailers for drywall. Some I can nail studs to, others may be a bit more difficult.
How necessary is it to have a corner of drywall actually attached? If it's 6 or 8 inches from another stud, is it still necessary for nailers in the corner?
I have no idea how much this house is going to move from season to season. We're in northern MN, and right now it's minus 12 degrees out.
Bud9051
01-25-09, 09:08 AM
IMO, and experience, anything less than a really good corner will give you problems. The nailers from one wall have to become part of the adjoining wall and form your corner. I'll watch for the pro answer.
Bud
Bud
Flyboy65
01-25-09, 02:15 PM
Most corners should be no problem, but a couple are going to be tricky, since closets were added on the eave ends of the bedrooms AFTER everything had been plastered, so it's kind of funky in a few areas.
marksr
01-25-09, 02:56 PM
You might could take a full lenght stud, nails some short blocks of 2x4 to it and insert it in the cavity, then pry back on the stud and nail the short pieces thru the original stud and to the top and bottom plate.