Does the assembled wisdom think it's enough to just drive in a screw
next to the nail, reset the nail, and compound over, or will that still
pop out again and you need to take the nail out and replace with a
screw?

z wrote:
Does the assembled wisdom think it's enough to just drive in a screw
next to the nail, reset the nail, and compound over, or will that
still pop out again and you need to take the nail out and replace
with a screw?

It does depend on the situation. Sometimes you can just reset the nail,
other times the screw and rest and other times it is remove the nail and
screw. I usually don't try to figure it out. I try one reset to take care
of most of the new home issues, then I take it out and use a screw.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

z wrote:
Does the assembled wisdom think it's enough to just drive in a screw
next to the nail, reset the nail, and compound over, or will that still
pop out again and you need to take the nail out and replace with a
screw?

I think both are good solutions. If you can get the nail out without
damaging the drywall then fine. If not, then hammer it down.

drive in a screw, oo one below and one above. I usually do screws about 2"
apart and then move a couple feet and put in another two. This is the way
I've been taught and have never regreted the results.

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"z" wrote in message
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Does the assembled wisdom think it's enough to just drive in a screw
next to the nail, reset the nail, and compound over, or will that still
pop out again and you need to take the nail out and replace with a
screw?

Drywall nails or screws do not really pop out. The most common cause is wet
wood that is swollen. When the nail or screw is driven tight it seems to be
in properly. When the wood dries out it shrinks, becomes smaller but the
nail or screw is driven deeper into the stud and does not move. The surface
of the wood retreats from the position it was in leaving the nail or screw
sitting further out of the wood surface with an air space between the
drywall and the stud. When some pressure or vibration moves the drywall the
nail or screw gets pushed out through the drywall filler exposing the nail
or screw.

The other cause is when a stud is undersized or bowed or beside one that
bows out, the nail or screw does not get set tightly. Over time the drywall
will conform to the bowed studs and the nail or screw that was not tightly
set will get pushed out through the drywall filler exposing the nail or
screw.

Once everything is dried or conformed to the undulations of the studs,
nailing in the nail or tightening the screw with a few extras for good
measure are usually all that is needed, with no further "poping".

"z" wrote in message
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Does the assembled wisdom think it's enough to just drive in a screw
next to the nail, reset the nail, and compound over, or will that still
pop out again and you need to take the nail out and replace with a
screw?

In my opinion, driving it back in is a last resort. If you can remove
it once the screw pulls the wall back, by all means do so. If it was
inclined to stay put, it would have.

remove the nail, and put the screw where the nail was.

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z wrote:
Does the assembled wisdom think it's enough to just drive in a screw
next to the nail, reset the nail, and compound over, or will that still
pop out again and you need to take the nail out and replace with a
screw?

According to :
remove the nail, and put the screw where the nail was.

Good chance that the drywall skin is broken, or becomes broken
during removal of the nail. It'll pop again. _Don't_ rely on
the old hole.

I've been doing some repair work on some poor drywall work in
our basement. The original fasteners (mostly screws) were
overdriven in a few places and tore the surface paper. Since
the drywall wasn't secured very well, it popped out a bit from
the studs.

Then the holes were filled with drywall mud.

But since the drywall wasn't hard to the studs, if you pushed
on the drywall, the screw heads would pop out the mudplug.

The only permanent repair is to carefully drive new screws
about 2" below and above the old screw making sure that the
drywall was hard down to the studs, and the paper doesn't
get torn with the new screws. The old holes are toast, and
useless.
--
Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.