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• Drywall installation
• Cutting drywall
• Hanging drywall
• Drywall joints
• Repairing & Patching
• Instslling backerboard

Drywalling

 Drywall is the standard covering for interior walls although for a flawlessly-finished wall it takes a lot of skill from from the installers. To begin with the drywallers need plumb walls. This means that the walls must be straight otherwise over time gravity may cause the sheet to push through the screwheads.

The sheets are delivered to the site in 4 foot widths and lengths of 8, 10 and 12 feet, depending on the height of the room. There is one good side to the panels and so the sheets are shipped in pairs taped together with the good sides facing each other. This prevents scoring and damage to a face which will most likely be painted.

Hanging Drywall

 Sizing: The drywalling crews go in after the walls have been insulated and vapor sealed. Framing crews will build the wall frame with the center of each stud 16” apart. In this way if the drywall sheet is hug vertically it will cover exactly 3 spaces and be attached to 4 studs. In new home building there is often not to much cutting as the ceilings are usually the height of the drywall sheets or, even placed horizontally, there would be nothing taken off as 2 sheets would equal 8 feet, or the height of normally ceiling. For living rooms and hallways the drywallers will try to use longer pieces so there is not as much filling and taping.

Cutting: The sheets are cut by drawing knife across the paper surface with a long straight-edge, scoring the sheet, and then applying pressure. The sheet will snap along the cut line and, with the gypsum core broken, the paper back is cut along the break.

Hanging: The drywall sheets are usually hung with a 1 1/4” screw through the sheet and into the stud but a few crews still prefer nails. The fasteners are snugged just below the surface so they look countersunk. Special attachments for drills called “dimplers” are set so that each screw head goes in to certain depth and no further.

Taping

 

Filling the joints and screw heads with drywall compound finishes off the wall and prepares it for painting. Good tapers and “mudders” can transform the individual sheets and pieces into one long, unblemished wall. The tape is actually thick paper which is soaked in the drywall compound and covers the crack. Before the tape goes on drywall compound is worked into the cracks. A skim of mud goes over the tape and then the wall is left to dry for a day. Sometimes a light sanding is required but professionals do such a skilled job of taping that many put the finish coat on with out it. After this is left to dry then it is sanded and and the wall is ready for paint.

In some instances the entire walls will be plastered. This is called “veneer plastering” and the gypsum board used for this is called blueboard. This type of sheet is covered with a paper specially made to speed up the setting of the plaster coat. The result is a harder more uniform wall but this process requires a skilled hand.

Drywalling is an art which is easy to learn but difficult to perfect. When you put this in terms of time, the mess involved and perfection a trained, professional installer is the best choice.

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We are NOT contractors. All work performed is legal in compliance with CA licensing requirements, we will not accept jobs over $500)