If you run the rock vertical there are NO butt joints.

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"Jordan" wrote in message
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On Jul 12, 10:39 am, Harry K wrote:
On Jul 11, 9:04 pm, Jordan wrote:



On Jul 11, 11:51 pm, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

On 7/11/2008 8:48 PM Jordan spake thus:

Im getting ready to drywall one of my rooms and am going
to hang it
horizontally. My question is can I run it all horizontal
or do I have
to break it up at some point and put one board verticle. I
read some
where about some 4-1-4 rule but noting to explain it. My
room is 20x26
and the walls are 93 inches high from floor to top of
joist (kind of
and odd size).

No real rules here, at least in your case (I'm sure there
are "rules"
that help when one is hanging miles and miles of drywall),
but keep in
mind that the long edges (the 8' ones, assuming you're using
8-foot
sheets) are tapered, to make good taped edges, while the
short edges aren't.

If in doubt, sketch it out before doing it.

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Are 4x8 sheets of drywall actually 48" X 96"? If so it looks
like I'll
have to cut some off every sheet.
thanks
jordan- Hide quoted text -

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Yes they are the nominal dimension. Don't forget that you can
get
sheets other than 8' long. 2 10' ones will cover your 20' wall
with no
cutting for example. 2 12 footers will do the 23' wall and only
waste
a 1' cut on one of them. Of course doors/windows affect the
calculations. The game is to eliminate as many butt joints as
you can.

If you are doing this the first time, try not to have joints at
the
corners of door/window framing - put them in the middle of the
run
across the oopenings.

Harry K

Thanks for all the replies, I was looking at going horizontal as
for
the most part as it will give me less butt joints. Id love to go
with
10 footers but I'll have enought trouble getting a 4x8 sheet down
there.
Thanks again
Jordan