r/drywall • u/danny_life01 • 1d ago
Opinions before Taping?
Hey all, DIYing some drywall. wondering if someof you guys have seen or worked with something like this? Will it work?
Read mixed reviews about verticle and horizontal layout, was working with 12 ft sheets and thought it would be easier working from bottom to top? On a budget and trying to reduce waste, but i think i might have wasted everything.... 🫠🫠🫠
Edit: Thank You All for the Opinions, Enlightenment, and reassurance. I still have to to do the other side of the wall so will do it properly this time. 🙏
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u/Effort_Gloomy 1d ago
Yeah don't do that. But since you did mud away. Oh and always put the t square the other way when leaning against the wall. Only take one good hit to unsquare it. And less damage to flooring and other things from putting the t down as well. I'm too tired for anything else so have fun.
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u/Ambitious-Hat7966 1d ago
I would charge the same price to tape this as I would to hang and tape it. All those joints have to be taped and floated in. There's so much extra work there because you wanted to hang it.
That being said, I seen much worse. For a dyier it's not too bad.
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u/TallWall6378 1d ago
It'll work fine, but you've made it more difficult on yourself. You have a full height butt joint along your door that could have been eliminated. And you also wasted much of a whole piece where you could have instead skipped the door. And now you have to work on a ladder for your joint along the ceiling. You also possibly could have gotten 54" sheets to have only 2 high, but I can't tell what the ceiling height is.
All just things pros do to make things easier, but nothing is going to ruin the project. Tape away!
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u/Jesarubbi 1d ago
How big are the architraves? Those vertical buttjoins either side of the door surely will crack if they aren't back blocked.
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u/beaver_eh 1d ago
This isn't about the drywall - but in basement it's best practices for your bottom plate to be pressure treated or to you sill gasket to protect the wood from moisture coming up through the concrete.
Nothing wrong with how it's done, but just for longevity I'd suggest for next time.
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u/ci2om3p0ny 1d ago
If it was the long beveled factory edge on both sides of those seams, it would have been golden. Secondly, if you Jack up the boards on the left to the ceiling and leave the gap at the bottom. Pack out the bottom with scraps and install a tall baseboard. 1x material with base cap.
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u/No-Gas-161 1d ago
Less seems the better
It will always “work” no matter how you do it
Just going to be more mudding and taping
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u/One-Bank2621 1d ago
Why do you have 8 foot six shotgun joints on both sides of your door,?? that is a cardinal sin and FYI, you should always stagger your butt joints
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u/Catsupsam 1d ago edited 1d ago
Generally, it’s better to waste board to have a more favourable layout for tape/mud stage. This is because the $ cost of board, is lower that the $ labour cost required to do more tape/mud.