Wow, I'm glad I found this video. I'm remodeling a bathroom (first time remodeling a bathroom), and I'm taking my time to make sure I do things correctly. This is great info.
This might be 9years old video but for this stay at home mom in 2021 this was perfect! I’m remodeling our garage and this video was perfect explaining how to cut and lay drywall! Thank you
A lot of carpenters have very good drywall skills and do it themselves. We do it if we are not to busy, but when it get's to be our busy season we subcontract this part of the basement finishing project to Drywall company in our area. Eddie
Hello! Yes keep you board at least 1/2 up off the floor to avoid "wicking moisture". Tapered edges are the edge of the board that go from 1/2" thickness to around 3/8" thickness. Drywall is manufactured this way so when you put a tapered edge up against another tapered edge there is a 1/8" recessed area in which to "tape" your drywall seams. This tapered edge permits the tape to "recessed into the drywall to make the finishing stage of the drywall easier to conceal the tape joint!
I’m finding out from your video that the handyman didn’t know what he was doing! He cut a new panel between each stud across the wall. I’m glad we parted ways before he put the drywall up on the wall. Thanks to your video I’ll be doing it myself!
I use Liquid Nails on the back of the furring strips and I usually use 1 1/2" fluted masonry nails. I hand nail them on and I nail into the mortar joints for a better "grab" once the liquid nails sets-up they're on for life! You can try using your Ramset gun with 1 1/2" pins but I find the gun "splits-out the furring strips to often. Either way I use Liquid Nails construction adhesive. Thanks for checking out my basement finishing video channel! Eddie
Wow that is a lot different than in our area! Galvanized metal studs are OK, but during the trim phase of the basement finish project they are a pain to fasten your trim too! You have to screw EVERYTHING which is a big pain in the Butt, and you never get the same finished tolerances with your trim when your screwing everything together. For my money it's always going to be a wooden framed structure...just my opinion though, personal preference! Thanks for stopping by our basement Channel!
this helps distribute the weight of the s/rock more randomly as to not to creat stress on one stud once the weight of the mud goes on hopefully my answer helps . good job fellas
1st time homeowner and avid DIY and I am about to tackle my kitchen. Thanks for the tips. Had no idea there was a tapered edge. And had a question about the horizontal vs. vertical hanging that got answered in the comments! Thanks for responding to the comments, it's very helpful.
Horizontal board seams are much easier to finish than vertical board seams every 4'-0"! Always "lay your board down" horizontal for ma better and easy finishing process. Hope this helps! Eddie
Yeah I do! Once that smell gets in behind the wall and to the insulation it will never smell good in that room again! Tear it out and re-insulate the effected walls. Eddie
I currently work at The Home Depot, but I am also a DIY person. I am going to be doing my basement in a few years, with framing and drywall. So this video has helped me out a lot. I appreciate this video a lot.
Hey guys, thanks for putting out this video. It was very informational...you made sure to convey the important, key points of hanging drywall. Please do more on the various aspects of renovation/construction for the layman. Kudos!
Hey SuperEagle421 thanks for watching and for the positive comment! We will always be adding new content to this TH-cam channel! Good luck with all your future projects! Eddie
We GLUE also, only thing different is we lean the top sheet in place against the wall, tap a nail about 3/4" down where it lines up with the stud. Just lift against the ceiling easy reach with the hammer. Then after a couple nails drove in, no holding necessary :) Screw the bottom then eyeball for the two in center. no need to mark for stud location. 10 or 12 foot sheets are no problem either. After a couple sheets finding center between top nail and bottom screw is easy . Great video !!
I'm a carpenter from Scotland and I love watching these kind of videos to see how our methods of construction differ from yours. We always hang our plasterboard vertically as the standard ceiling height is 8ft. This way we only have vertical joints to tape and fill. Whats the advantage of hanging the plasterboard horizontally?
I've seen folks hang drywall vertically on metal stud framing as the studs are straight. Hanging horizontally helps hide the imperfections in the wood studs.
its amazing how a group of guys can get together and make a video on how to make peoples lives easier and HELP them to understand thing but there is always an asshole out there to look only for flaws in there help to criticize. listen guys, I recently got into the construction field and I just want to say thank you. it is videos like this that make me a better and more efficient worker. I appreciate you guys taking the time out to do so. at no point did your efforts go wasted. I will no subscribe and move on to you other videos.
C. Brandon Chapman Exactly! I seriously doubt that any professional drywallers would spend their time trolling TH-cam videos like this. It seems that some people always want to come off like the smartest guy in the room!
You can do it either way. But it's easier to build the wall while it's laying on the floor and then just stand the wall up, position it, and then fasten it already built into place.
In American and most of the rest of the world this is how it's done. Thanks for stopping by our channel, sorry our styles aren't the same...but in the end we are all still brothers with the same end goals in mind! Eddie
You guys ever use a wallboarder's buddy drywall cutter? We just finished a house with eight foot four and a half ceilings. Eight foot studs plus the three plates. We put the 54" sheets on the bottom and had to cut an inch and three quarters of of all the sheets. The tool made the job much easier.
That is just his way of doing it. I live in the US and I only use screws as well and I don't use glue. When I was in Mexico we used steel not wood and used to used a 22 pistol to shoot holes into the concrete (In Mexico houses are made out of concrete and bricks) and gypsum board in Mexico is normally used for decoration purposes like making ceiling figures, bars etc. for anything else we use plaster.
Actually we stagger out butt joints to make the finishing easier. Instead of an 8' continuous butt joint that goes from the ceiling all the way to the floor (which would be very hard to finish and hide) we only have a 4' butt joints every so often which are easier to hide when we are in the finishing stage of the project.
Yous guys are an awesome help..I'm doing my kitchen this weekend..some places I'm going over plaster..the other walls I got down to studs...my ceiling is plaster also..I'm just going to stud out with 2x3 I think..I'm in jersey if you want to help...haha
If you watched the video you now know that we "Glue" and Screw each sheet as well . We only "Tack" the drywall into position with a few nails per sheet and then finish the fastening with 1 1/4" drywall screws. You will not get nail-pop's if you glue and screw each sheet. Your customers contractor most likely did not screw and glue, and that's why he had 20 nail pop's! That's a shame!
What will make it easier to hand the walls is to start the nails at the top of the drywall. Not all the way through. Just enough to make the nails stick in the drywall. Start the about inch to 2 inches from the top. Push the drywall up,pull your hammer out and put the nails in.
The way the tutorial was presented made it easy to understand and was at a good pace. Very informative. Not Annoying at all. Very professional. Thank you. I have a question though. I understand that the glue prevents the nails from popping. However, Wouldn't it be cheaper to just use only drywall screws instead of all that glue? If so how far would you recommend the drywall screws be? Thanks again.
Thanks Chris! Drywall screws for 1/2" drywall are typically 1 1/4" long course thread screws Chris. Even though you would be using only screws, eventually gravity will have it's way with the screw's and you will get screw-pops. Glue is good...use some! Eddie
@1:08 I hang and tape 1500sq.ft. elevated ceilings on aerial lifts or scaffold. Drywall screws 'pop' because the screws are improperly installed, breaking through the paper or off-angle, or the framing lumber or drywall sheets are wet, leading to shrinkage. These pops appear quick, usually before the taping, so can be easily fixed. Adhesive is very strong and resilient but unnecessary if the framing and hanging are strong. Each 1-5/8" coarse drywall screw can suspend 30lb. With about 48 screws per vertical sheet is just under 3/4 ton. Way strong. Glue is great for Type-X on ceiling strapping.
Yes you are correct Jason! In PA it's code ...we must pass a drywall hanging inspection and gluing is required on ceilings by local building codes...so we don't have a choice here in central PA. Eddie
Is glueing the drywall a good idea? What if there was some mold growing or the wall needs to be replaced? How would you remove the drywalls with that much glue on the back?
Gluing drywall is both unnecessary and counterproductive Back in the day of drywall nails, backing-out was an issue - whereas today, we have drywall screws Needless to say, this video is outdated, and misleading as a result
A lazy repair crew left wet drywall, wet scrap floor boards and wet 2x4 scrap inside a wall. Result was mold mold mold, sick birdie and medical attention for me. I carefully removed all the drywall, removing it in sheets to not spread the mold. Almost time to replace the drywall. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO so I can do the project correctly. Question: One wall in the bedroom is also the back wall for the bathtub/shower fiberglass thingie. Do I put insulation in that wall as well as the exterior wall? Do I use green board instead of the white drywall?
I appreciate the video. I just had to remove a few sections of drywall to investigate an issue. I’m relieved they didn’t use glue! There were no screw pops either. Maybe because they sunk them pretty deep? I can throw the cut- outs back up for reuse. I can imagine if they were glued I’d have made a big mess. Am I alone when I say I would gladly trade screw pops for something easier to maintain?
I live in a house built in 1890 and the baseboards are hard to take off and measured for the wall they are on now. In the living room a previous owner took down the old paneling and wall paper and cut the dry wall to but up with the top of the baseboards instead of taking the baseboards off and going to the ground with the dry wall. Besides it being not aesthetically pleasing is there any harm in hanging dry wall that way? There’s little gaps where they cut too much off.
We like to use a few nails just to "spot" the board in place, but you do not have to use any nails. BUT... you MUST glue your board or you WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP NAIL POP'S!! We all hate nail-pop's! Eddie
The reason I'm remodeling the bathroom is because of water damage/mold, so I splurged on paperless drywall. What is your opinion of this product (DensArmor Plus)? Is it hard to work with it? I've seen a few tips on the net, but I thought I'd ask a pro.
I have a basement where its slightly taller than 8ft, making a need for another piece to be cut for the bottom 20 inches or so. Would it make more sense to just go vertical with 12 ft drywall?
No John...go horizontal and put the 20" "rip" in the middle between the upper and lower full sheets. Vertical you'll have a field joint every 4' from floor to ceiling to finish. It's a lot easier to finish when you hang your board horizontal. Eddie
BasementFinishingMan Eddie - I've seen that drywall hangers normally put the ripped piece in the middle between two full sheets, but I can't understand why. Wouldn't it be easier to have the tapered edges in the middle and leave the ripped edge at the bottom? Thanks!
BasementFinishingMan Hi eddie, awesome video, just one question though, in the tutorial you mentioned to try to have tapered edges meet each other. Assuming I start my measurement on a new sheet, if I place a 20" ripped piece in the middle, there would only be one tapered joint. Does this mean having a super wide application of joint compound in the middle in order to blend it in and feather it?
Just to follow up, I actually investigated and came upon a National Gypsum white paper that indicated you should hang drywall vertically when the height is over 8'2" and it results in 30% less finishing than going horizontal; in the end it turned out great!
Yeah if you use 8' drywall that's true, but at 8'-2" you would order 9'-0" board and the finishing would be less seam distance and taping as a result. Plus...for me, finishing one seam at waste height laying the board horizontal is easier to tape than a floor to ceiling joint every 4'-0"...trust me after about 10,000 sheets you would agree with me! anyways...glad your drywall project turned out great John. Eddie
im a lil rusty and have a job sheet rocking tomorrow i never did it 4 a house b4 only in a hospital so its different stud wise nd glue wise so at least ill know what to do and will not look stupid tomorrow this was a nice crash coarse i learned new stuff in just 11 mins i hate that the guy who tought me didnt get the chance to teach me alil more lol but thanks for the vid i like how you guys exsplane your self i was only tought how to do it mostly by eyes he didnt like to tell give me reasons
That was up am going to have a lot of fun learning from this video and in real life am going to learn everything a bout a house i dont care how long it takes :)
I've lived in my 1929 house 6 yrs now, and I'm tired of looking at the paneling walls & plaster walls , in my front room, dining room & bedroom. So, would love to drywall the walls. Even though I'm a woman, I think I can do it myself. Can't afford to hire someone. Thanks for showing me how! Plus, I use to watch my Dad drywall, so have a good idea how. Wish my Dad could do it for me, like he did in other houses I've lived in, but he is gone now! :-(
Good luck with your drywall Tamis! You can do it! I bet your dad was a great craftsman...most of the older generation that I know were all quality-minded mechanics in their day! Eddie
Using a RotoZip router is by far superior to cut out outlet boxes. All you need to do is roughly find the center of the box and Market on the sheet above.
Yes...it creates a sound buffer between the 1st floor and the basement ceiling. It's okay...but it's a lot of extra work and the actual sound reduction is barely notiable in my opinion. Eddie
Hi, So your drywall does not go all the way to the floor. If not, how close should it be to the floor. Also, this was a very informative video. Thank you
Why do you hang the drywall horizontally instead of vertically? Isn't the goal to reduce the number of seams? Why should the drywall be a 1/4" off the ground? Thanks!
great work. In the UK W=we tend to hang plasterboard vertically rather horizontally as you have. Is there an advantage to placing the boards horizontally?
Here people do it mostly to their preference, technically there might be less joints if you hang it horizontally but that depends on the size of drywall
I couldn't find part 2 to see how you cut out for the outlet boxes. Why hang the sheet rock sideways instead of up and down so you have taper to taper meeting every 4 feet?
To many vertical taped joints VS. one long main joint at waste-height and just a couple Butt Joints on each wall. For finishing purposes it's much, much easier to finish and sand-out! Eddie
BathroomRemodelVideo Understand. I guess the problem I am having is I am installing drywall on 10 foot walls. (actually 10'2" which adds another problem) Any suggested shortcuts? By the way, the outlet boxes always KILL me. I never seem to hit it just right. All in all you have great videos. I am impressed with the ease in which you do the work.
Wow, I'm glad I found this video. I'm remodeling a bathroom (first time remodeling a bathroom), and I'm taking my time to make sure I do things correctly. This is great info.
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This might be 9years old video but for this stay at home mom in 2021 this was perfect! I’m remodeling our garage and this video was perfect explaining how to cut and lay drywall! Thank you
A lot of carpenters have very good drywall skills and do it themselves. We do it if we are not to busy, but when it get's to be our busy season we subcontract this part of the basement finishing project to Drywall company in our area.
Eddie
fuck you basement finishing man
Hello! Yes keep you board at least 1/2 up off the floor to avoid "wicking moisture".
Tapered edges are the edge of the board that go from 1/2" thickness to around 3/8" thickness. Drywall is manufactured this way so when you put a tapered edge up against another tapered edge there is a 1/8" recessed area in which to "tape" your drywall seams. This tapered edge permits the tape to "recessed into the drywall to make the finishing stage of the drywall easier to conceal the tape joint!
I’m finding out from your video that the handyman didn’t know what he was doing! He cut a new panel between each stud across the wall. I’m glad we parted ways before he put the drywall up on the wall. Thanks to your video I’ll be doing it myself!
Hey Jason. We always use it, and YES it does make the job stronger. But mostly we do it to prevent "nail and screw pops".
You're crew is poetry in motion.
Yes we put taper to taper together in the middle and we cut the tapered edge from the top at the ceiling...you are correct!
I use Liquid Nails on the back of the furring strips and I usually use 1 1/2" fluted masonry nails. I hand nail them on and I nail into the mortar joints for a better "grab" once the liquid nails sets-up they're on for life!
You can try using your Ramset gun with 1 1/2" pins but I find the gun "splits-out the furring strips to often. Either way I use Liquid Nails construction adhesive. Thanks for checking out my basement finishing video channel!
Eddie
This video covered the finite details of butting joints which I have been searching for. Thank you for covering the details!
Thanks for stopping bu my channel Paddy! Glad the videos helped you with your drywall project.
Eddie
butt my joints nigga
Wow that is a lot different than in our area! Galvanized metal studs are OK, but during the trim phase of the basement finish project they are a pain to fasten your trim too! You have to screw EVERYTHING which is a big pain in the Butt, and you never get the same finished tolerances with your trim when your screwing everything together. For my money it's always going to be a wooden framed structure...just my opinion though, personal preference!
Thanks for stopping by our basement Channel!
Out of the dozens of drywall videos I've watched on here, no one else glues.
We do! It's code in our neck of the woods and it helps prevent seam cracking and screw pop's down the road Matt.
Eddie
That's because this is a very old video - whereas today, we hang drywall with screws
this helps distribute the weight of the s/rock more randomly as to not to creat stress on one stud once the weight of the mud goes on hopefully my answer helps . good job fellas
1st time homeowner and avid DIY and I am about to tackle my kitchen. Thanks for the tips. Had no idea there was a tapered edge. And had a question about the horizontal vs. vertical hanging that got answered in the comments! Thanks for responding to the comments, it's very helpful.
Thanks Micah! Thanks for stopping by our channel.
Eddie
Raymond Just use regular Drywall adhesive you can buy at Home Depot or Lowes. Thanks for stopping by our basement finishing channel!
Eddie
fuck you basement finishing man
Hi I'm replacing the walls in my bathroom,this is my first project, I just watched the video and I really appreciate all the information
Your welcome Agustin! Thanks for watching. Good luck with your project!
Eddie
Horizontal board seams are much easier to finish than vertical board seams every 4'-0"! Always "lay your board down" horizontal for ma better and easy finishing process. Hope this helps!
Eddie
Thanks for the video brother this will be handy when I am building my garage this summer.
Great Mike! Thanks for visiting my Basement Finishing channel here on TH-cam. Good luck with the garage project this summer!
Eddie
Your welcome. Good luck w/ your drywall projects!
Eddie
Your welcome. Were here to help anyway we can.
Yeah I do! Once that smell gets in behind the wall and to the insulation it will never smell good in that room again! Tear it out and re-insulate the effected walls.
Eddie
I currently work at The Home Depot, but I am also a DIY person. I am going to be doing my basement in a few years, with framing and drywall. So this video has helped me out a lot. I appreciate this video a lot.
Thanks for stopping by the channel. We love our local Home Depots!
Eddie
Which wall you start with is totally up to you. You can start on any wall you wish.
Eddie
Hey guys, thanks for putting out this video. It was very informational...you made sure to convey the important, key points of hanging drywall. Please do more on the various aspects of renovation/construction for the layman. Kudos!
Hey SuperEagle421 thanks for watching and for the positive comment! We will always be adding new content to this TH-cam channel! Good luck with all your future projects!
Eddie
We GLUE also, only thing different is we lean the top sheet in place against the wall, tap a nail about 3/4" down where it lines up with the stud. Just lift against the ceiling easy reach with the hammer. Then after a couple nails drove in, no holding necessary :) Screw the bottom then eyeball for the two in center. no need to mark for stud location. 10 or 12 foot sheets are no problem either. After a couple sheets finding center between top nail and bottom screw is easy . Great video !!
I'm a carpenter from Scotland and I love watching these kind of videos to see how our methods of construction differ from yours. We always hang our plasterboard vertically as the standard ceiling height is 8ft. This way we only have vertical joints to tape and fill. Whats the advantage of hanging the plasterboard horizontally?
I've seen folks hang drywall vertically on metal stud framing as the studs are straight. Hanging horizontally helps hide the imperfections in the wood studs.
its amazing how a group of guys can get together and make a video on how to make peoples lives easier and HELP them to understand thing but there is always an asshole out there to look only for flaws in there help to criticize. listen guys, I recently got into the construction field and I just want to say thank you. it is videos like this that make me a better and more efficient worker. I appreciate you guys taking the time out to do so. at no point did your efforts go wasted. I will no subscribe and move on to you other videos.
Thanks Brandon! We appreciate you stopping by our channel and are happy to help as many homeowners with their projects as we possible.can!
Eddie
your very welcome. keep up the good work
You read my mind Brandon! Great video guys!
Here's the thing... even if you have a different way of doing things, why totally trash someone?
C. Brandon Chapman Exactly! I seriously doubt that any professional drywallers would spend their time trolling TH-cam videos like this. It seems that some people always want to come off like the smartest guy in the room!
THANK YOU for your purchase! I hope you basement project goes super smooooth brother!
The guy cutting all the drywall , hi five bro ! Very skilled !!
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Thanks for visiting our Basement Finishing TH-cam channel Steve!~
Eddie
Very nice job guys. Grateful to see there are still people that take pride in their workmanship. Thanks for sharing.
Great use of the T-square. I never thought of using it to find the boxes.
Your welcome! We have a bathroom video series coming out in about 3 months that is more specific about bathroom remodeling.
You can do it either way. But it's easier to build the wall while it's laying on the floor and then just stand the wall up, position it, and then fasten it already built into place.
In American and most of the rest of the world this is how it's done. Thanks for stopping by our channel, sorry our styles aren't the same...but in the end we are all still brothers with the same end goals in mind!
Eddie
You're a joke ! This is NOT how it's done in America. We don't nail drywall anymore we screw it.
To each their own, I respect your style. I’ll use screws
fuck you basement finishing man
I've helped put up dry wall before. And I'm trying to learn how to do it so I can get some work. Pretty good glad I saw this
You want the factory tapered edge at the top so the tape is recessed already. This does make it easier for the finisher! Hope this helps.
Eddie
You guys ever use a wallboarder's buddy drywall cutter? We just finished a house with eight foot four and a half ceilings. Eight foot studs plus the three plates. We put the 54" sheets on the bottom and had to cut an inch and three quarters of of all the sheets. The tool made the job much easier.
That is just his way of doing it. I live in the US and I only use screws as well and I don't use glue. When I was in Mexico we used steel not wood and used to used a 22 pistol to shoot holes into the concrete (In Mexico houses are made out of concrete and bricks) and gypsum board in Mexico is normally used for decoration purposes like making ceiling figures, bars etc. for anything else we use plaster.
Great work guys it's nice to see good workmanship.
Actually we stagger out butt joints to make the finishing easier.
Instead of an 8' continuous butt joint that goes from the ceiling all the way to the floor (which would be very hard to finish and hide) we only have a 4' butt joints every so often which are easier to hide when we are in the finishing stage of the project.
Great video. Question: When I use my vapour barrier on the walls, how can I use glue on the studs covered in plastic vapour barrier?
Thanx, you guys are great. Leave no questions. Keep it simple. Thanx again.
Your welcome Brian! This is not Rocket science...anyone can learn this stuff!
Eddie
Wow great use of T square for box's. Thanks!!
Dildo
Thanks for putting this video together, very helpful tips and technique!
Thanks for watching! Good luck with all your projects DL!
Eddie
WE never stop learning! Thanks for the info!
Yous guys are an awesome help..I'm doing my kitchen this weekend..some places I'm going over plaster..the other walls I got down to studs...my ceiling is plaster also..I'm just going to stud out with 2x3 I think..I'm in jersey if you want to help...haha
Lol! Thanks Jack appreciate the commenting and view! Good luck with your kitchen brother!
Eddie
Nicely done, you guys make this look easy. True professionals!
Hey nice video! Just one suggestion, put a link to part 2 at the end of your video to make it easier to find,
If you watched the video you now know that we "Glue" and Screw each sheet as well . We only "Tack" the drywall into position with a few nails per sheet and then finish the fastening with 1 1/4" drywall screws. You will not get nail-pop's if you glue and screw each sheet.
Your customers contractor most likely did not screw and glue, and that's why he had 20 nail pop's! That's a shame!
What will make it easier to hand the walls is to start the nails at the top of the drywall. Not all the way through. Just enough to make the nails stick in the drywall. Start the about inch to 2 inches from the top. Push the drywall up,pull your hammer out and put the nails in.
Thanks man!
Thanks for the great content. You really go into detail which is appreciated.
Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate the views as well. Good luck with your projects!
Eddie
Very nice Eddie - I bought your A-Z vids and am still going through them. I'm a very visual learner so these work great for me.
Did you guys cut the top tappered end for where the wall meets the ceiling?
Yes, They did. You have to for moulding install purposes.
although I respect your opinion I disagree. Tapered joints are quicker, easier and use less mud than butt joints. Thanks for your comment.
To each his own.
We would still glue! Always glue your drywall no matter what type of framing materials you are using to frame the basement!
Eddie
Thanks, guys! I would like to know if my studs are metal would I skip the gluing step?
In my opinion only. Gluing the drywall will serve you so much better in the long haul.
Thanks! A little bit of technique goes a long way when finishing the drywall!
The way the tutorial was presented made it easy to understand and was at a good pace. Very informative. Not Annoying at all. Very professional. Thank you. I have a question though. I understand that the glue prevents the nails from popping. However, Wouldn't it be cheaper to just use only drywall screws instead of all that glue? If so how far would you recommend the drywall screws be? Thanks again.
Thanks Chris! Drywall screws for 1/2" drywall are typically 1 1/4" long course thread screws Chris. Even though you would be using only screws, eventually gravity will have it's way with the screw's and you will get screw-pops. Glue is good...use some!
Eddie
Ok, I'm glad I asked than. That was a very timely response. You guys rock
@1:08 I hang and tape 1500sq.ft. elevated ceilings on aerial lifts or scaffold.
Drywall screws 'pop' because the screws are improperly installed, breaking through the paper or off-angle, or the framing lumber or drywall sheets are wet, leading to shrinkage. These pops appear quick, usually before the taping, so can be easily fixed.
Adhesive is very strong and resilient but unnecessary if the framing and hanging are strong. Each 1-5/8" coarse drywall screw can suspend 30lb. With about 48 screws per vertical sheet is just under 3/4 ton. Way strong. Glue is great for Type-X on ceiling strapping.
Yes you are correct Jason! In PA it's code ...we must pass a drywall hanging inspection and gluing is required on ceilings by local building codes...so we don't have a choice here in central PA.
Eddie
Is glueing the drywall a good idea? What if there was some mold growing or the wall needs to be replaced? How would you remove the drywalls with that much glue on the back?
Gluing drywall is both unnecessary and counterproductive
Back in the day of drywall nails, backing-out was an issue - whereas today, we have drywall screws
Needless to say, this video is outdated, and misleading as a result
Watching still until this day… GREAT tutorial
A lazy repair crew left wet drywall, wet scrap floor boards and wet 2x4 scrap inside a wall. Result was mold mold mold, sick birdie and medical attention for me. I carefully removed all the drywall, removing it in sheets to not spread the mold. Almost time to replace the drywall. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO so I can do the project correctly.
Question: One wall in the bedroom is also the back wall for the bathtub/shower fiberglass thingie. Do I put insulation in that wall as well as the exterior wall?
Do I use green board instead of the white drywall?
Your welcome! Good luck with your project.
Eddie
I appreciate the video.
I just had to remove a few sections of drywall to investigate an issue.
I’m relieved they didn’t use glue! There were no screw pops either. Maybe because they sunk them pretty deep? I can throw the cut- outs back up for reuse. I can imagine if they were glued I’d have made a big mess.
Am I alone when I say I would gladly trade screw pops for something easier to maintain?
good idea of the T-square, learn something new everyday, thanks :)
I live in a house built in 1890 and the baseboards are hard to take off and measured for the wall they are on now. In the living room a previous owner took down the old paneling and wall paper and cut the dry wall to but up with the top of the baseboards instead of taking the baseboards off and going to the ground with the dry wall. Besides it being not aesthetically pleasing is there any harm in hanging dry wall that way? There’s little gaps where they cut too much off.
Do you not need to staple the insulation to the studs?
It's not necessary. But I do staple my insulation to the studs.
Hello, can I get the link to finishing viewing this video?
That would be correct Andrew. 16" is OK to stagger butt joints.
Eddie
We like to use a few nails just to "spot" the board in place, but you do not have to use any nails. BUT... you MUST glue your board or you WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP NAIL POP'S!! We all hate nail-pop's!
Eddie
Hard WORK for sure..Thanks
What do Christmas ornaments, drywall, and Jeffrey Epstein have in common? They don't hang themselves.
Every construction guy I’ve ever worked with has the same sayings haha it’s like a rite of passage
Personal preference. Some use a hatchet, some use a hammer...whatever works best for you.
Lol. Lol.😂😂😂.
Excellent work fellas
Thanks Billy the Kid! We do appreciate you stopping by our TH-cam Channel! Good luck with your projects.
Eddie
I stapled insulation on face of studs. Can I still glue?
yes just push the paper back a little off the stud and go to town Levi!
Eddie
Never heard of gluing gyproc and I been doing it 20 some years?
The reason I'm remodeling the bathroom is because of water damage/mold, so I splurged on paperless drywall. What is your opinion of this product (DensArmor Plus)? Is it hard to work with it? I've seen a few tips on the net, but I thought I'd ask a pro.
Thank you for sharing your skills with us! ××
:-) Your welcome . Thanks for watching and commenting on the videos!
Eddie
I have a basement where its slightly taller than 8ft, making a need for another piece to be cut for the bottom 20 inches or so. Would it make more sense to just go vertical with 12 ft drywall?
No John...go horizontal and put the 20" "rip" in the middle between the upper and lower full sheets. Vertical you'll have a field joint every 4' from floor to ceiling to finish. It's a lot easier to finish when you hang your board horizontal.
Eddie
BasementFinishingMan Eddie - I've seen that drywall hangers normally put the ripped piece in the middle between two full sheets, but I can't understand why. Wouldn't it be easier to have the tapered edges in the middle and leave the ripped edge at the bottom? Thanks!
BasementFinishingMan
Hi eddie, awesome video, just one question though, in the tutorial you mentioned to try to have tapered edges meet each other. Assuming I start my measurement on a new sheet, if I place a 20" ripped piece in the middle, there would only be one tapered joint. Does this mean having a super wide application of joint compound in the middle in order to blend it in and feather it?
Just to follow up, I actually investigated and came upon a National Gypsum white paper that indicated you should hang drywall vertically when the height is over 8'2" and it results in 30% less finishing than going horizontal; in the end it turned out great!
Yeah if you use 8' drywall that's true, but at 8'-2" you would order 9'-0" board and the finishing would be less seam distance and taping as a result.
Plus...for me, finishing one seam at waste height laying the board horizontal is easier to tape than a floor to ceiling joint every 4'-0"...trust me after about 10,000 sheets you would agree with me!
anyways...glad your drywall project turned out great John.
Eddie
im a lil rusty and have a job sheet rocking tomorrow i never did it 4 a house b4 only in a hospital so its different stud wise nd glue wise so at least ill know what to do and will not look stupid tomorrow this was a nice crash coarse i learned new stuff in just 11 mins i hate that the guy who tought me didnt get the chance to teach me alil more lol but thanks for the vid i like how you guys exsplane your self i was only tought how to do it mostly by eyes he didnt like to tell give me reasons
That was up am going to have a lot of fun learning from this video and in real life am going to learn everything a bout a house i dont care how long it takes :)
I've lived in my 1929 house 6 yrs now, and I'm tired of looking at the paneling walls & plaster walls , in my front room, dining room & bedroom. So, would love to drywall the walls. Even though I'm a woman, I think I can do it myself. Can't afford to hire someone. Thanks for showing me how! Plus, I use to watch my Dad drywall, so have a good idea how. Wish my Dad could do it for me, like he did in other houses I've lived in, but he is gone now! :-(
Good luck with your drywall Tamis! You can do it! I bet your dad was a great craftsman...most of the older generation that I know were all quality-minded mechanics in their day!
Eddie
Thumbs up I’ll have to catch next video later just wanted to freshen up
Thank you
my drywall will be going over paneling gonna give this a shot.
Good luck with the drywall project LeeLee! You can do it!
Eddie
Using a RotoZip router is by far superior to cut out outlet boxes. All you need to do is roughly find the center of the box and Market on the sheet above.
Geared for homeowners...not pro's. Most home owners are not going to purchase a rotozip for 1 project...that's why we dumb it down a little.
@@BasementFinishingMan I'm get it. I'm not criticising. Good tip tho
@@22shroomster Thanks Daniel...I appreciate you checking out the videos brother! Good luck with your projects.
~Eddie
Wondering why you hung the top wall pieces first before the bottom? Great video though, thanks for sharing
Common practice, hang ceiling first, then wall top to bottom.
Not sure what "green glue" is? No we are using Drywall adhesive from Home Depot.
Great video! T Square. Thanks for the info for a true novice.
Thank you! We like to be creative!
have you ever used resilient channels for the ceiling drywall?
Yes...it creates a sound buffer between the 1st floor and the basement ceiling. It's okay...but it's a lot of extra work and the actual sound reduction is barely notiable in my opinion.
Eddie
Hi, So your drywall does not go all the way to the floor. If not, how close should it be to the floor. Also, this was a very informative video. Thank you
What type of nail did he use to tack it on before screwing: length and diameter? Is there a preferred brand of drywall adhesive you like?
Hi Ryan! Any kind really as long as it is specifically made for drywall projects.
Eddie
Standard 1 1/4" drywall nails.
Do they take the set nails out after the screws are in?
Why do you hang the drywall horizontally instead of vertically? Isn't the goal to reduce the number of seams? Why should the drywall be a 1/4" off the ground? Thanks!
great work. In the UK W=we tend to hang plasterboard vertically rather horizontally as you have. Is there an advantage to placing the boards horizontally?
Here people do it mostly to their preference, technically there might be less joints if you hang it horizontally but that depends on the size of drywall
Does the drywall go all the way and touch the floor or should it be slightly above? Also this may sound stupid but what do you mean "tapered edge"
I couldn't find part 2 to see how you cut out for the outlet boxes. Why hang the sheet rock sideways instead of up and down so you have taper to taper meeting every 4 feet?
To many vertical taped joints VS. one long main joint at waste-height and just a couple Butt Joints on each wall. For finishing purposes it's much, much easier to finish and sand-out!
Eddie
BathroomRemodelVideo Understand. I guess the problem I am having is I am installing drywall on 10 foot walls. (actually 10'2" which adds another problem) Any suggested shortcuts? By the way, the outlet boxes always KILL me. I never seem to hit it just right. All in all you have great videos. I am impressed with the ease in which you do the work.