Screws popping in drywall

06-15-2011, 01:55 PM	#1
CNM Design CNMDESIGN.COM   Join Date: May 2009 Location: OHIO Posts: 79	Screws popping in drywall What is the main cause for screws popping in drywall? What can be done to lessen the possibility of this happening? Thanks

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06-15-2011, 03:53 PM	#2
Nick DIY Member   Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 91	Screws popping in drywall Either setting them too tight (they shouldn't tear through the paper) or Not having your studs(etc) flush with each other - not having a flat plane to mount to.

06-15-2011, 04:09 PM	#3
CNM Design CNMDESIGN.COM   Join Date: May 2009 Location: OHIO Posts: 79	Screws popping in drywall Sorry I ment after they are painted. What makes the plaster fall off the screw head a year or two later? Is it the same thing?

06-15-2011, 04:11 PM	#4
Willie T Old School     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond them. Posts: 3,084	Screws popping in drywall Sometimes some of the screws seem to have a factory coating on them that repels plaster or paint. __________________ "True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and only that which is." François Duc de La Rochefoucauld Willie T

06-17-2011, 06:00 AM	#5
sdsester Member     Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 8,617	Screws popping in drywall As lumber contracts and expands with temp and humidity changes, or if it is new construction and the wood was not completely dried before screwing or nailing the drywall, the associated forces from contraction and expansion can cause pops.

06-20-2011, 12:02 AM	#6
Gary in WA Moderator   Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8,775	Screws popping in drywall Some late-night reading: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=...711HulsBKUaB2g http://www.paintsource.net/pages/sol...ood_shrink.htm http://www.paintsource.net/pages/sol...erfections.htm Gary __________________ Clothes taking longer to dry? Clean the dryer screen in HOT water if using fabric softener sheets. They leave a residue that impedes air-flow, costing you money. Clean the ducting in the last six months? 17,000 dryer fires annually!

06-23-2011, 11:20 PM	#7
bjbatlanta Drywall contractor   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lilburn, GA Posts: 2,082	Screws popping in drywall To lessen the possibility of screws and/or nail "pops", always use adhesive........ __________________ If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a soldier. Support our troops.