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chipshot
02-15-05, 11:00 PM
when drywalling ceiling and walls, which should be done first?
Patti
02-15-05, 11:00 PM
ceiling

no make that walls
chipshot
02-15-05, 11:02 PM
so ceiling drywall extends the whole span and walls butt up against underside of ceiling drywall?



:teeth:
Patti
02-15-05, 11:02 PM
Ok I'm bored. I just go to bed and read now. :(
Patti
02-15-05, 11:05 PM
so ceiling drywall extends the whole span and walls butt up against underside of ceiling drywall?



:teeth:After I thought about it I thought the walls should go up first and have the ceiling rest on top the walls.

I don't know though. I should though, I watched my daddy remodel every room of our house at least once and build on additional rooms.
PantherPaul
02-15-05, 11:06 PM
Hire mexicans to do it. Cheap and damn good
chipshot
02-15-05, 11:07 PM
Hire mexicans to do it. Cheap and damn good

I may be a mexican someday, I need to learn
PantherPaul
02-15-05, 11:10 PM
I like to eat Mexican food and have hung drywall on walls but never ceilings. I know you use (2) 2x4"s shaped in a T to rest it on when you screw it on the ceiling. But after that I gots no idea
wossa
02-15-05, 11:12 PM
Hire mexicans to do it. Cheap and damn good

yeah and a good crew could do your whole house in the time it takes you to unload the truck put up one sheet on the ceiling.

My brother does all kinds of re-modeling and additions - does everything himself except for roofing or drywall because the mexican crews get it done so fast.
builder
02-15-05, 11:33 PM
ceiling first. Drywall is not 4' wide.
chipshot
02-15-05, 11:34 PM
I've only got one small bathroom to do, I wouldn't be able to find a cheap crew willing to do that I don't think.
dollface
02-15-05, 11:55 PM
The ceiling.
chipshot
02-15-05, 11:56 PM
definately the ceiling
McFly41
02-16-05, 01:11 AM
I've only got one small bathroom to do, I wouldn't be able to find a cheap crew willing to do that I don't think.

You can always find drywall guys looking to do side work. The trick is finding someone who isn't a jerk off. Most will do it for cash, under the table. Get a FINISHER, not a HANGER to do it. Anybody can hang drywall, finish work is an art.

Otherwise, ceiling first then walls. You get the appearance of cleaner joints that way. If you fuck it up, the rule of thumb in the construction industry is "a good painter can fix it". :xyzthumbs
chipshot
02-16-05, 07:02 AM
If you fuck it up, the rule of thumb in the construction industry is "a good painter can fix it". :xyzthumbs
that would be me also
Southern_Yankee
02-16-05, 07:56 AM
that would be me also
schlep :huh: schloid :huh: schlepshot :xyzthumbs
builder
02-16-05, 08:30 AM
just be sure to get the BLUE drywall board. It's got some rot/water/mildew resistant stuff in it.
reb
02-16-05, 09:00 AM
ceiling. Just like painting you start from the top down. Make sure your mexicans understand this. :)
Guest
02-16-05, 09:20 AM
I may be a mexican someday, I need to learn
I got some I'll send you....if you have to ask ceiling or walls....then you better stop.
chipshot
02-16-05, 09:23 AM
I got some I'll send you....if you have to ask ceiling or walls....then you better stop.

I've done walls, just never at the same time as ceiling.
plutosgirl
02-16-05, 09:35 AM
Whatever you do..... :nono:
slydevl
02-16-05, 10:10 AM
Crown mold and then it really doesn't fucking matter
reb
02-16-05, 10:39 AM
Crown mold and then it really doesn't fucking matter


:rofl:
Thelt
02-16-05, 11:11 AM
Crown mold and then it really doesn't fucking matter

This is what I did at home. I had to finish it myself after my worthless brother in law stopped showing up to do the work I had paid him to do. I did not hang the ceiling but I did hang the walls. Mouldings cover up a lot of stuff.

If I had it to do over I would have hired mexicans.
jnwta
02-16-05, 11:17 AM
This is what I did at home. I had to finish it myself after my worthless brother in law stopped showing up to do the work I had paid him to do. I did not hang the ceiling but I did hang the walls. Mouldings cover up a lot of stuff.

If I had it to do over I would have hired mexicans.

Just don't let Boo rough in the plumbing.
Rumpeltiltspin
02-16-05, 11:47 AM
After I thought about it I thought the walls should go up first and have the ceiling rest on top the walls.

I don't know though. I should though, I watched my daddy remodel every room of our house at least once and build on additional rooms.


See, now why and go fuk him up telling him how do do something you obviously know nothing about. Your posts make sense to me now. You just post to throw shite around to see what sticks.

CEILING GOES FIRST!!!! SPAN ALL THE WAY.

WALLS BUTT UP TO CEILING.
Trace
02-16-05, 11:50 AM
Just don't let Boo rough in the plumbing.:rofl:
Patti
02-16-05, 11:53 AM
See, now why and go fuk him up telling him how do do something you obviously know nothing about. Your posts make sense to me now. You just post to throw shite around to see what sticks.

CEILING GOES FIRST!!!! SPAN ALL THE WAY.

WALLS BUTT UP TO CEILING.
Yes, I was tired and bored last night. I should have just gone to bed. Actually I trying to work it out in my mind because I should have known which went first.
chipshot
02-16-05, 11:56 AM
DRYWALL FIGHT!
Shrapnel
02-16-05, 11:59 AM
Yes, I was tired and bored last night. I should have just gone to bed. Actually I trying to work it out in my mind because I should have known which went first.
patti,
would you like a dose of my man-spackle?
Patti
02-16-05, 12:01 PM
patti,
would you like a dose of my man-spackle?
And have Lainey kick my ass?!? No thanks.
Shrapnel
02-16-05, 12:05 PM
And have Lainey kick my ass?!? No thanks.
good point
gridfaniker
02-16-05, 12:16 PM
chip, make sure you 45 the edges of ceiling and tops of walls so you get a nice seam.
reb
02-16-05, 12:51 PM
chip, make sure you 45 the edges of ceiling and tops of walls so you get a nice seam.

:rofl:
twentybelow0
02-16-05, 03:35 PM
chip, make sure you 45 the edges of ceiling and tops of walls so you get a nice seam.
:rofl:
PantherPaul
02-16-05, 03:36 PM
chip, make sure you 45 the edges of ceiling and tops of walls so you get a nice seam.
:applause: Thats the way the mexicans do it ;)
jnwta
02-16-05, 03:37 PM
:rofl:

I thought canes was back with that avatar....
Shrapnel
02-16-05, 04:29 PM
why do you suppose they call it 'drywall'?
jnwta
02-16-05, 04:30 PM
why do you suppose they call it 'drywall'?

After the flood you can call it wetwall.
hanger4
02-16-05, 05:16 PM
just be sure to get the BLUE drywall board. It's got some rot/water/mildew resistant stuff in it.
Sorry builder it's green board not blue and only needed behind your shower/bath stall. Maybe the sink if you're messy.
twentybelow0
02-16-05, 06:10 PM
Sorry builder it's green board not blue and only needed behind your shower/bath stall. Maybe the sink if you're messy.
Also if your plastering.
builder
02-16-05, 07:45 PM
green, blue, whatever. I know there's a different board for drywalling wet areas than the regular stuff. The guy that redid Banger's bath used it all over.
PantherPaul
02-16-05, 07:47 PM
The board you put under tile floors (backer board) isn't the same as what is used on walls right? Backer board is rough as hell and has concrete like substance in it
builder
02-16-05, 07:49 PM
The board you put under tile floors (backer board) isn't the same as what is used on walls right? Backer board is rough as hell and has concrete like substance in it
That's for ceramic tile...usually floors and walls that are uneven. And it is a concrete/cement mix with fiberglass mesh embedded. It's 3' x 5'. 5' because that's the length of the average tub/shower enclosure. :)
PantherPaul
02-16-05, 07:53 PM
That's for ceramic tile...usually floors and walls that are uneven. And it is a concrete/cement mix with fiberglass mesh embedded. It's 3' x 5'. 5' because that's the length of the average tub/shower enclosure. :)
Within the last 3 weeks I have tiled my laundry room and downstairs half bath. That board and the mortor mix use to fill in the unevenness under backer board and then another to adhear the tiles to have left my hands a mess. I am moving upstairs next. Used larger tile for upstairs, upstairs gets the 4" tile
builder
02-16-05, 07:54 PM
They make those leather/canvas gloves for a reason.
hanger4
02-16-05, 08:17 PM
That's for ceramic tile...usually floors and walls that are uneven. And it is a concrete/cement mix with fiberglass mesh embedded. It's 3' x 5'. 5' because that's the length of the average tub/shower enclosure. :)
It's called Wonder Board. I've used it in acoustical ceilings around hot stuff. It's hell to work with.