OT: Anyone do drywall taping? Options

[chunger]

Hello,

After finding out that I officially suck at taping on a 12x12 room, I've decded to get smart and see about finding someone who won't get half the mud on the ground to do the bulk of my house. . . and who's faster. You know. . . machines and all. Or, if you're good at it and have time to show a moron how to do it right, lemme know.

Otherwise, any leads to a good drywall contractor would be appreciated.

-'Chung

ok, I don't suck as bad as I think, but I'm SLOW.

[Lou W]

Mueller Posted on Nov 15 2004, 07:04 PM
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FYI: When installing drywall; Stagered joint are good  


stagered joint???? I'm lost here  

Heres what I meant, if you were looking at a wall, you'd place the first 8 foot length hard against the wall on the left, and hard against the drywall on the ceiling (Ceilings should be done first). Then you would continue to add additional sheets to the right. Next, you would cut an 8 foot sheet in half, and take a 4 foot section and install below it, then add the next 8 foot section and so on. Sorta like a brick pattern. The sheets on the bottom typically do not rest on the floor, you can use scrap pieces of drywall (1/2 inch thick) or you can buy a couple small drywall levers and set the lower sheets on them, that should be enough to close the horizontal gap in the center of the wall. after attaching the drywall, remove the scraps.

Joe Ricard Posted on Nov 15 2004, 06:59 PM
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Geesh there be a lot of "experts" here. All sound advice and pointers. Can't go wrong with 12' sheets of sheet rock. Dry wall jacks are a handy thing for ceilings since most code is 5/8" walls are 1/2" but a big sheet is still pretty heavy trying to butt up tight to overhead and vertical joints.

I also prefer electric drills with one of them cool bits for screws.  

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