Putting up drywall

On 7/11/2008 8:48 PM Jordan spake thus:

> Im getting ready to drywall one of my rooms and am going to hang it
> horizontally. My question is can I run it all horizontal or do I have
> to break it up at some point and put one board verticle. I read some
> where about some 4-1-4 rule but noting to explain it. My room is 20x26
> and the walls are 93 inches high from floor to top of joist (kind of
> and odd size).

No real rules here, at least in your case (I'm sure there are "rules"
that help when one is hanging miles and miles of drywall), but keep in
mind that the long edges (the 8' ones, assuming you're using 8-foot
sheets) are tapered, to make good taped edges, while the short edges aren't.

If in doubt, sketch it out before doing it.


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doodle. It is balder and dash."

- With apologies to H. L. Mencken

On Jul 11, 11:51 pm, David Nebenzahl <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/11/2008 8:48 PM Jordan spake thus:
>
> > Im getting ready to drywall one of my rooms and am going to hang it
> > horizontally. My question is can I run it all horizontal or do I have
> > to break it up at some point and put one board verticle. I read some
> > where about some 4-1-4 rule but noting to explain it. My room is 20x26
> > and the walls are 93 inches high from floor to top of joist (kind of
> > and odd size).
>
> No real rules here, at least in your case (I'm sure there are "rules"
> that help when one is hanging miles and miles of drywall), but keep in
> mind that the long edges (the 8' ones, assuming you're using 8-foot
> sheets) are tapered, to make good taped edges, while the short edges aren't.
>
> If in doubt, sketch it out before doing it.
>
> --
> "Wikipedia ... it reminds me ... of dogs barking idiotically through
> endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it.
> It drags itself out of the dark abyss of pish, and crawls insanely up
> the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and
> doodle. It is balder and dash."
>
> - With apologies to H. L. Mencken

Are 4x8 sheets of drywall actually 48" X 96"? If so it looks like I'll
have to cut some off every sheet.
thanks
jordan

On Jul 12, 12:04 am, Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 7/11/2008 8:48 PM Jordan spake thus:
>
> > > Im getting ready to drywall one of my rooms and am going to hang it
> > > horizontally. My question is can I run it all horizontal or do I have
> > > to break it up at some point and put one board verticle. I read some
> > > where about some 4-1-4 rule but noting to explain it. My room is 20x26
> > > and the walls are 93 inches high from floor to top of joist (kind of
> > > and odd size).

4-1-4 rule? I think someone was pulling your L-E-G. Pick your
orientation and stick with it - it's much simpler to tape that way.

> Are 4x8 sheets of drywall actually 48" X 96"? If so it looks like I'll
> have to cut some off every sheet.
> thanks

Yep, and yep.

R

>Are 4x8 sheets of drywall actually 48" X 96"? If so it looks like I'll have
>to cut some off every sheet.

Yes they are. My basement (mainly unfinished) ceiling height is 9 ft and I
got a great deal on some 5/8" firerock (20+ 10 ft sheets @ $ 1.00 each)
There was water damage on one corner where a tarp had let water leak onto
the pile (they had ~400 sheets like that). I ve cut one foot off the length
to 9 ft and will hang them vertically. I already set the electrical boxes
for the 5/8.

Regular 8' sheets here (Canada) are about double what they sell for in the
US $ 11.96 vs About $ 6.38 !!
We re being ROBBED by CSG, a division of USG Sheetrock. The boxes of
"mud" are a rip-off too $ 14.00 VS around 6 bucks so I buy the 'mud' down
in Washington state.

On Jul 11, 9:04 pm, Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 11:51 pm, David Nebenzahl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 7/11/2008 8:48 PM Jordan spake thus:
>
> > > Im getting ready to drywall one of my rooms and am going to hang it
> > > horizontally. My question is can I run it all horizontal or do I have
> > > to break it up at some point and put one board verticle. I read some
> > > where about some 4-1-4 rule but noting to explain it. My room is 20x26
> > > and the walls are 93 inches high from floor to top of joist (kind of
> > > and odd size).
>
> > No real rules here, at least in your case (I'm sure there are "rules"
> > that help when one is hanging miles and miles of drywall), but keep in
> > mind that the long edges (the 8' ones, assuming you're using 8-foot
> > sheets) are tapered, to make good taped edges, while the short edges aren't.
>
> > If in doubt, sketch it out before doing it.
>
> > --
> > "Wikipedia ... it reminds me ... of dogs barking idiotically through
> > endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it.
> > It drags itself out of the dark abyss of pish, and crawls insanely up
> > the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and
> > doodle. It is balder and dash."
>
> > - With apologies to H. L. Mencken
>
> Are 4x8 sheets of drywall actually 48" X 96"? If so it looks like I'll
> have to cut some off every sheet.
> thanks
> jordan- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes they are the nominal dimension. Don't forget that you can get
sheets other than 8' long. 2 10' ones will cover your 20' wall with no
cutting for example. 2 12 footers will do the 23' wall and only waste
a 1' cut on one of them. Of course doors/windows affect the
calculations. The game is to eliminate as many butt joints as you can.

If you are doing this the first time, try not to have joints at the
corners of door/window framing - put them in the middle of the run
across the oopenings.

Harry K

On Jul 12, 10:39 am, Harry K <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 9:04 pm, Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jul 11, 11:51 pm, David Nebenzahl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On 7/11/2008 8:48 PM Jordan spake thus:
>
> > > > Im getting ready to drywall one of my rooms and am going to hang it
> > > > horizontally. My question is can I run it all horizontal or do I have
> > > > to break it up at some point and put one board verticle. I read some
> > > > where about some 4-1-4 rule but noting to explain it. My room is 20x26
> > > > and the walls are 93 inches high from floor to top of joist (kind of
> > > > and odd size).
>
> > > No real rules here, at least in your case (I'm sure there are "rules"
> > > that help when one is hanging miles and miles of drywall), but keep in
> > > mind that the long edges (the 8' ones, assuming you're using 8-foot
> > > sheets) are tapered, to make good taped edges, while the short edges aren't.
>
> > > If in doubt, sketch it out before doing it.
>
> > > --
> > > "Wikipedia ... it reminds me ... of dogs barking idiotically through
> > > endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it.
> > > It drags itself out of the dark abyss of pish, and crawls insanely up
> > > the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and
> > > doodle. It is balder and dash."
>
> > > - With apologies to H. L. Mencken
>
> > Are 4x8 sheets of drywall actually 48" X 96"? If so it looks like I'll
> > have to cut some off every sheet.
> > thanks
> > jordan- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Yes they are the nominal dimension.  Don't forget that you can get
> sheets other than 8' long. 2 10' ones will cover your 20' wall with no
> cutting for example.  2 12 footers will do the 23' wall and only waste
> a 1' cut on one of them.  Of course doors/windows affect the
> calculations. The game is to eliminate as many butt joints as you can.
>
> If you are doing this the first time, try not to have joints at the
> corners of door/window framing - put them in the middle of the run
> across the oopenings.
>
> Harry K

Thanks for all the replies, I was looking at going horizontal as for
the most part as it will give me less butt joints. Id love to go with
10 footers but I'll have enought trouble getting a 4x8 sheet down
there.
Thanks again
Jordan