Walls and Ceilings - Drywall Novice
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IWD1
04-20-02, 11:35 PM
OK Drywall people, I am virgin about to be baptized.
I need to drywall my entire house and I do not want to pay an extreme amount of cash to have someone do it. So I am doing it. I may regret this project, but you have to learn the hard way sometime, besides I have always been a hardhead.
Seriously, What tips can you give me that can save me a lot of heart ache. I have done some minor sheetrock work but nothing to this extent. Anything that you could clue me in on would be extraspecially appreciated. I am not too worried about hanging it but I want to use the educated approach to the mud and tape portion of the job. Please let me benefit from your great experience. I have read alot and talked to some proffessionals but before I dive head-first into this and waste time and money, I want to know as much as possible.
You probably will be seeing alot more of me in this forum in the future.
Thanks, All help is appreciated.
I need to drywall my entire house and I do not want to pay an extreme amount of cash to have someone do it. So I am doing it. I may regret this project, but you have to learn the hard way sometime, besides I have always been a hardhead.
Seriously, What tips can you give me that can save me a lot of heart ache. I have done some minor sheetrock work but nothing to this extent. Anything that you could clue me in on would be extraspecially appreciated. I am not too worried about hanging it but I want to use the educated approach to the mud and tape portion of the job. Please let me benefit from your great experience. I have read alot and talked to some proffessionals but before I dive head-first into this and waste time and money, I want to know as much as possible.
You probably will be seeing alot more of me in this forum in the future.
Thanks, All help is appreciated.
Mike Swearingen
04-21-02, 08:20 AM
Back in 1977, we built a 28' high A-frame (still live here), and in addition to doing all of the finish electrical, plumbing, etc, we hung all of the sheetrock and attempted to finish it.
It was a first, too.
I completed all of the "finished electrical, plumbing, etc." just fine.
However, I swear, we broke as much sheetrock as we hung (upstairs "A" w/16'+ interior ceilings and all of the upstairs/downstairs wall angles).
And I'm not even going to go to what the seams looked like.
It would have been FAR less expensive and much faster to have hired pro drywallers, which we finally did to come in to finish it right.
If your home is conventional (straight walls and flat ceilings), you can probably hang the sheetrock with tips from the pros in here, but I would hire pros to seam and mud it.
Been there, done that, and although I've done almost all handyman stuff around my home for years, I will not touch sheetrock to this day except for minor repairs. LOL
Mike
It was a first, too.
I completed all of the "finished electrical, plumbing, etc." just fine.
However, I swear, we broke as much sheetrock as we hung (upstairs "A" w/16'+ interior ceilings and all of the upstairs/downstairs wall angles).
And I'm not even going to go to what the seams looked like.
It would have been FAR less expensive and much faster to have hired pro drywallers, which we finally did to come in to finish it right.
If your home is conventional (straight walls and flat ceilings), you can probably hang the sheetrock with tips from the pros in here, but I would hire pros to seam and mud it.
Been there, done that, and although I've done almost all handyman stuff around my home for years, I will not touch sheetrock to this day except for minor repairs. LOL
Mike
StephenS
04-21-02, 04:53 PM
I,
Hit a search at the top.......Place in user name coops28 and you'll find many posts which should help along with a thread which is identical to yours..........Mud and tape one room......paint.....you'll learn what you need to do for the rest of the house.......
Hit a search at the top.......Place in user name coops28 and you'll find many posts which should help along with a thread which is identical to yours..........Mud and tape one room......paint.....you'll learn what you need to do for the rest of the house.......
IWD1
04-21-02, 08:55 PM
Thanks I really appreciate the help,
Old Guy I may have someone come in and quote the mud and tape job, but I think I am going to take the approach of doing one room completely, see how it turns out and then make up my mind.
Old Guy I may have someone come in and quote the mud and tape job, but I think I am going to take the approach of doing one room completely, see how it turns out and then make up my mind.
coops28
04-22-02, 08:16 AM
Hey thanks for the plug StephenS! Ok. IWD1 Are you absolutley sure you want to take on this challange? If you are then you are prepared to shell out some money for tools. The right tools will make the job a lot easier. Don't think your going to screw off your entire house with your cordless drill. Aint gona happen. Also check all your local building codes. It's different from one county to the next. For example you will probably need to hang 5/8 in the garage. Stagger all your butt joints. Always put the good factory edge in the corners and the cut end for your butt joint. Hang all the rock the same way. Hang full sheets over doors and windows and cut out the openings. Screw everything. Don't listen to some guy who says to glue the middle and nail the parimeter.
Well theres a lot more. If you think your up for it, go ahead. Good luck.
Well theres a lot more. If you think your up for it, go ahead. Good luck.