I'll spare you the long, drawn-out saga, but a contractor screwed me on a drywall job. He hired subs who didn't know what the hell they were doing, did the worst taping job imaginable, promised to fix it, and now won't answer my calls or texts. I'll be trying to get some money out of him through threats and/or small-claims court, but for now I need to figure out how to fix the problems and move on with my renovation. I had a neighborhood guy come fix most of the messed-up work, but I'm left with a few areas I need to deal with on my own. I can handle limited drywall work, I'm just real slow and have to do a lot of sanding.
The first section is the photo you see with red chalk highlighting the awful seam. The part of the ceiling you see on the right is 2:12 pitch (9.5 degrees) and on the left it is horizontal (no pitch). You can see how the seam wanders. I am thinking I need to cut the bead or tape that is in there, pull it out, sand or scrape out whatever compound is under it, and use some Strait-Flex bead tape to make a straight seam. My guess is there is a gap where the drywall pieces come together and they didn't bevel one of the pieces. Do I need to rehang the piece on the left and cut it with a bevel so there is no gap, or is a small gap OK?
The other remaining problem is on a short section of wall between closets. As you can see in the photo, the outside corner beads are like 1/2" proud of drywall. There is no way I can fudge that with a baseboard. I guess I need to tear out the corner beads and redo them. There's going to be a lot of dried mud under those beads, so do I just scrape it out with a putty knife or sand it down or what? I've never torn out and redone a corner bead before.
Any advice y'all can provide will be much appreciated. I have spent a year turning my attic into a master suite, doing all the work myself, and I'm not about to let a ****ty drywall job ruin the whole project.
The first section is the photo you see with red chalk highlighting the awful seam. The part of the ceiling you see on the right is 2:12 pitch (9.5 degrees) and on the left it is horizontal (no pitch). You can see how the seam wanders. I am thinking I need to cut the bead or tape that is in there, pull it out, sand or scrape out whatever compound is under it, and use some Strait-Flex bead tape to make a straight seam. My guess is there is a gap where the drywall pieces come together and they didn't bevel one of the pieces. Do I need to rehang the piece on the left and cut it with a bevel so there is no gap, or is a small gap OK?
The other remaining problem is on a short section of wall between closets. As you can see in the photo, the outside corner beads are like 1/2" proud of drywall. There is no way I can fudge that with a baseboard. I guess I need to tear out the corner beads and redo them. There's going to be a lot of dried mud under those beads, so do I just scrape it out with a putty knife or sand it down or what? I've never torn out and redone a corner bead before.
Any advice y'all can provide will be much appreciated. I have spent a year turning my attic into a master suite, doing all the work myself, and I'm not about to let a ****ty drywall job ruin the whole project.
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