damonrpayne Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I started doing drywall. The help shows up tomorrow morning early with the drywall lift. Yes, that is a Popbumber vertical cornwall stained and lacquered sitting on the sawhorsen. I take poor pictures so pardon the grain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 normally the ceiling is hung first so that the wall pieces help support it along all the edges. You might also get a 'kicker' board to snug the wall boards up tight. When remodeling basements, I usually left 1/2" gap at the bottom so that any slight moisture that might appear is not wicked up by the drywall. When I do my basement HT, I am going to glue the drywall as well as screw it in. Are you using screws or nails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 normally the ceiling is hung first so that the wall pieces help support it along all the edges. You might also get a 'kicker' board to snug the wall boards up tight. When remodeling basements, I usually left 1/2" gap at the bottom so that any slight moisture that might appear is not wicked up by the drywall. When I do my basement HT, I am going to glue the drywall as well as screw it in. Are you using screws or nails? My house was built with a 1/2 exposure, so the west wall of my basement was 4' of blocks below ground and then typical siding/framing/insulation/drywall for the rest. The wall you see was done when I moved in (no chance to do ceiling first), so I went ahead and did the part below that. We are using dyrwall screws. We did the rest of the ceiling yesterday and will do the walls this weekend. I taped and mudded the ceiling last night. So far its gone as well as I'd hoped, but it is tiring work to be sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 one thing is for certain- the human body was not engineered to work with hands above the head all day long! You'll ache in places where you didn't know you had places! Slow but steady- if you get tired of mudding- STOP, better to do less than leave any big mess to sand down the next day. To speed drying, get a large circulator type fan, put in middle of room aimed straight up to circulate air. Run dehumidifier on HIGH and keep heat on in the room. And when sanding- cover the cold air returns to the room, or finish with a sponge (if you're really good at mudding!) Good luck Damon! Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Best advice so far and I did this too... To speed drying, get a large circulator type fan, put in middle of room aimed straight up to circulate air. Run dehumidifier on HIGH and keep heat on in the room. And when sanding- cover the cold air returns to the room, or finish with a sponge (if you're really good at mudding!) DO NOT under any circumstances... Let the drywall dust get in your furnace... CLOSE this area off... HUGE MISTAKE if you do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 Well I've taped and mudded some (practice) and we'll finish hanging and doing the corner beads tomorrow. Sunday I'll be mudding in the morning and sanding at night. I'll take some pics and we'll see how this goes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 You can tell when you're good at mudding- there should be nearly NO sanding between coats. Whip your mud with the big square mixer and a little water so it's nice and creamy. Run your blade slowly and smoothly. We used to finish our work with damp sponges- no sanding at all! Take your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 18, 2006 Moderators Share Posted November 18, 2006 Michael's line is very true........... " Slow but steady- if you get tired of mudding- STOP, better to do less than leave any big mess to sand down the next day. " The other thing is mud gets very heavy after a few hours you will feel muscles you didn't know you had. Also bad on your joints, ask my wife, she had overdone it and her joints hurt her for weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 So far so good, the first bit I did will require sanding but probably not the latter stuff. Biggest pain so far is the tape for the inside corners. I'm pretty happy with how its going so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Sometimes the inside corners are tough for me too, doing just one side then letting it dry before starting the other side.....just a thought . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Wearing good comfy clothes helps too. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Mud down the inside corners using your 3" angled knife to apply mud, smooth out. Pre-fold tape and apply to mud, smooth down. Apply topping coat of mud using first knife- then using a CORNER TOOL, smooth down until you have no exess mud and no stroke marks. Following coats are 6" and 8" knifes, but just feather out the edges, don't get more mud in the last 1-2" of corner since that is perfected already. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 oh, and hold your tongue on the LEFT side- works for me! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 After a few days of left-side tongue holding, its shaping up. I can see that some of the nice seams will only need two coats, most of the corners look good, and some of the stuff is indeed going to need 5. We'll see what the next few days bring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 See where your tape is in the tapered seams? The next coat should smoothly cover to those edges- it should look like like a very smooth 6" band of mud. Looking good though, no corner bead or tape poking out that I can see. I see ya got unlucky with your outlet placement, best to have them avoiding seams- makes for better seams and better cover plate fittment. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 Yeah, I could only fit 8' sheets into my basement so nearly half my outlets were right on a seam . Oh well, I can see the end approaching now. I have a texture sprayer and paint sprayer lined up to make quick work of the last stages, once I get the mud done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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