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Hi, new to the forum and new to drywall installation so I'm sure I have a very basic question. I am planning on installing drywall in our basement. The height of the wall is 7-ft and it will run a length of 40-ft. I know the preference is to install drywall horizontally, but we were planning...

Hi Everyone - Do I use a drywall corner bead where drywall meats up with cement board ? If so, how best to secure on the cement board side ? or is there something else that should be used ? Thank you in advance

Hi Everyone - Do I use a drywall corner bead where drywall meats up with cement board ? If so, how best to secure on the cement board side ? or is there something else that should be used ? Thank you in advance Moving this over to general DIY board, but not sure how to delete from here ?

Hi - I'm considering using cement board around the entire perimeter of my 2nd floor bathroom from the floor to 3'. I would then transition to drywall for the remaining 5'. How would I tape/finish the transition between drywall and cement board, would I use cement board tape and thinset ...

Hey there, I had an embarrassing accident and made this hole in the wall here. The wall has a pattern over it along with texture, and I can't find anything online explaining how to repair the hole I've made. What I really want to know is, am I screwed? Will the entire wall need to be repainted...

Building a new home and builder put stacks of drywall in the house weeks ago. Torrential rain the last few days. Drywall inside framed and roofed house so not wet, but when the weather cleared I went to check on house and the whole house smelled like wet drywall. Again, the drywall is not...

I attempted my first taping job for a new ceiling I hung. I am certain I did everything "correctly" and as to avoid leaving bubbles or bad adhesion - I think I left too much mud under the tape. I "bedded" it very firmly with my 6" knife, and wiped a lot out, but it is basically flush with the...

The short: I am looking for suggestions on how to most easily/cheaply construct a code-compliant fire wall in a tricky (and temporary) location. The details: We recently purchased a 1980’s-vintage house (in CT, if that matters) and I realized that a proper fire wall was never constructed...

My contractor put 24" stud spacing on the vertical walls and on the soffits that frame in the HVAC with 2 x 4's, in our state it's to code. Should I have them come back and install 2x4s to make 16" on center? What about the soffit spacing on the ceiling? 16" or 24". I'm worried about sagging...

So I am trying to match the drywall texture in my 1965 home and am having some serious trouble pinning down the exact style. Here are some pictures, please let me know what y'all think and appreciate all comments in advance on this one!

I'm looking to do a light refresh of my kitchen to include removing backsplash tile, lowering a knee-wall to make the counter one level, new countertop, new sink, garbage disposal and faucet. Potentially doing an air-gap button for the garbage disposal. **one surprise that has surfaced is that...

Hello group, need some advice from someone with a decent level of experience. This is a high rise condo in LA built in 1989, due to being a high rise this has metal studs, and double drywall throughout also it's fire rated drywall and I believe it is 5/8 or 3/4. The repair as seen in the photos...

Posted to the wrong forum and was told to try here instead :) First off, I apologize since I'm new to this if I'm not providing the proper information. I realize there may not be much to go on, but I'd still appreciate direction for the experts on here. Having to decide to sign and close on a...

Beginner DIYer here - thank you for any insight you are able to provide! Pics below. In brief: Home built in 1984 Common basement wall Stud finder locates 'studs' 16in on the horizontal AND vertical, seemingly no continuous vertical stud Stud finder actually located screw heads, I have not yet...

I am once again, continuing my never ending punishment adventure of replacing my homes pinhole leak infested copper plumbing with PEX-A, along with renovating my downstairs bathroom and laundry room. The purpose of this post is 2 fold: 1) To determine if I can remove what seem to be pointless...

Hello, I recently purchased my home, and Im doing some renovations. It's an old farmhouse with an existing drop ceiling in the kitchen, dining room and living room. Because of the beams, plumbing, electrical and ducts, I'm keeping the drop ceiling though I do want to raise it a little bit. They...

The ceiling in the finished basement below the kitchen appears to be bubbling or warping somehow. I’ve lived in the house for one year and can’t be sure it wasn’t always like that. There has been a lot of settlement many nail pops and small cracks in corners around (house is 3 years old). I...

We had to rip out the ceiling and walls of this room due to mold and some wood rot. The mold is cleaned up and rot repaired. The previous home owners had this room finished with wood planks. I'm considering drywall in this room instead of the wood. Due to the tight stairway and door leading to...

I am fixing up my 1961 condo and want to remove this mobile room divider/partition that tracks on the ceiling. At this time, I prefer for the space to be one large room with a continuous smooth, flat ceiling. In the future, if I ever want to divide the space, I would build a wall (or have a wall...

Hi all! we had converted our basement into a one bed apartment. So it’s all new fire proof drywall and mud. The drywall is blue. We painted two walls with Zinsser 1-2-3 primer (good covering) and then top coat with Benjamin Moore in an off white. We used a short nap roller and the result was...