How To Hang Drywall On Tall Walls

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How to hang drywall on tall walls.

3 8 inch is best to cover existing walls. Here is a quick guide for how to work as a team to install drywall. Depending on what you re hanging or mounting you may want to use a specific kind of drywall anchor and there are several to choose from. Around here we have to install plywood vertical to get adequate nailing around the edges for shear strength.

On the bottom row use a drywall lifter to pry the panel inch up from the floor to allow for shrinkage of the framing as on the ceiling offset the end joints from those in the previous row by at least 4 feet. Install the next row of panels as in step 4 butting the edges tightly together. To make it a lot easier pony up for a drywall lift. Hanging drywall over your head is no fun.

Installing drywall with a helper is the best way to get er done. Cover wire runs with a 1 16 metal plate when wires come within 1 1 4 of the stud face. Next hang the top wall row. On ceilings you install sheets perpendicular to the joists because you want the strength axis to be perpendicular to prevent sagging.

Drywall is heavy awkward and hard to get into position. Add extra studs photo 1 or blocks photo 2 to support the drywall edges as necessary. Hang the drywall vertically. But for drywall it shouldn t matter unless the plans specify a shear nailing schedule for the drywall.

On commercial jobs fire codes often require seams to fall on the entire length of the framing so the drywall must be hung vertically. A drywall anchor goes between the screw and the drywall biting into the drywall much more effectively than a screw would. Just before closing up the walls make sure everything is just right. How high are the walls.

For walls nine feet high or shorter hanging the drywall horizontally has a number of benefits. 1 4 inch is the choice for curved walls and arches. This means working with the largest drywall panels and pieces you can. When hanging drywall the ultimate goal is to create the fewest number of seams possible.

That way the wall pieces support the ceiling pieces. Drywall comes in three basic thicknesses. Its more a matter of personal preference and not a right or wrong way. When applying drywall to a 9 foot tall wall there are a couple ways to go.

First you can get 9 or 10 foot drywall sheets. Now a word for you rookies.