tie some small pieces of wood to the existing drywall and then tie the 4'
piece to that. Then just mud the gap, if you want this done fast start with
a coat of sheetrock 30-60 or 90 and then some mud. It will make the first
coat dry much faster.


"JB" wrote in message
ups.com...
As part of a kitchen remodling job, I removed a non-load bearing wall
(wall is parallel to joists). After taking out the 2x3 top plate, I
now have a gap in the ceiling drywall that measures about 4" wide x 8'
long. Should I simply fill in that space with a narrow strip of
drywall or cut back good drywall 16" on both sides to the next joist
to make it a larger piece?? The advantage of keeping it narrow is
that I will probably end up with only one seam after several coats of
mud rather than 2.

--Jeff