On Feb 25, 11:21*am, Tony wrote:
Harry K wrote:
On Feb 24, 8:48 am, Tony wrote:
Harry K wrote:
On Feb 23, 3:36 am, "Joe" wrote:
"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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Gonna be helping a friend build a new house after a complete burnout. His
ceilings are going to be 9'. *what is the standard procedure for
drywalling 9' walls?
thanks
steve
54" wide sheets hung horizontally.
Yep, I wondered if anyone would point out that such are available.
May need special order though.
Hanging sheets vertically is a tapers nightmare. *I learned that the
first time I did my own.
I've been close to asking a similar question. *my garage ceiling is
about 9' 6" and was gong to ask about 10' drywall cut down and hung
vertically. *I would think the taping would be a breeze with all beveled
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1. *Footage: *Running horizontal results in about 1/3 less footage of
seams.
2. *Door/windows: *It is a rare 12' wall *that does not have an
opening of some sort in it. *Planning puts all, or almost all, butt
joints above/below the openings
3. *Taping a butt joint, even one that has one tapered and one cut
edge, is not a big deal. *Just do not use the mesh type tape on a flat
joint. *Very hard to cover without having a buildup.
4. *Crawling up/down ladders or stools while trying to do a smooth job
is not fun.

Learned that the hard way on my first job. *You would have to hold a
gun to my head before I would run vertical again.

Harry K

About the doors and windows, I thought putting a joint at either corner
was a very big no, no. *It cracks too easy. *Put the whole sheet across
the window, with adhesive also, and cut it after it's up. *That's how I
was shown to do it... while my mother kept saying the guy is wasting so
much drywall and wanting to use all the scraps and have a million seams.

I understand about the going up and down the ladder, something I never
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I put any joints in the middle, not the corners.

Harry K