Help with my kitchen ceiling - drywall repair question
Hi all,
We live in a manufactured home. The ceiling is made out of this odd, funky paneled looking stuff. We dry-walled over it and we were quite happy with the results. This was 7 years ago. Then a little while ago we had a leak in the roof and as a result had to relocate a couple of recessed lighting canns. Now we have 2 of holes that need to be repaired in the ceiling. The area surrounding where the cans were is cracked as well. I want to just to a clean cut out of a wide section, perhaps 18" x 30" but I don’t want to cut through both layers of ceiling material, I only want to cut through the drywall portion. How can I cut through the drywall on the ceiling without cutting through the ceiling material above it? Can I use a circular saw? The area is over our kitchen sink, a rectangle about 18” x 30”… Any ideas? |
Help with my kitchen ceiling - drywall repair question
bo wrote:
.... How can I cut through the drywall on the ceiling without cutting through the ceiling material above it? Can I use a circular saw? You _never_ want to use a saw on sheetrock...try it once and you'll see why... :) Just use a knife--ordinary utility knife will serve just fine. -- |
Help with my kitchen ceiling - drywall repair question
On Sep 26, 10:37*am, dpb wrote:
bo wrote: ... How can I cut through the drywall on the ceiling without cutting through the ceiling material above it? * Can I use a circular saw? You _never_ want to use a saw on sheetrock...try it once and you'll see why... :) Just use a knife--ordinary utility knife will serve just fine. -- Thank you! |
Help with my kitchen ceiling - drywall repair question
On Sep 26, 1:28*pm, bo wrote:
Hi all, We live in a manufactured home. *The ceiling is made out of this odd, funky paneled looking stuff. *We dry-walled over it and we were quite happy with the results. *This was 7 years ago. *Then a little while ago we had a leak in the roof and as a result had to relocate a couple of recessed lighting canns. *Now we have 2 of holes that need to be repaired in the ceiling. *The area surrounding where the cans were is cracked as well. I want to just to a clean cut out of a wide section, perhaps 18" x 30" but I don’t want to cut through both layers of ceiling material, I only want to cut through the drywall portion. How can I cut through the drywall on the ceiling without cutting through the ceiling material above it? * Can I use a circular saw? The area is over our kitchen sink, a rectangle about 18” x *30”… Any ideas? Try not to use a electric saw... you may cut a line or something. You could use a dry wall cutter saw, that should do the trick |
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