Hi! I am Eric with Johnson Drywall. Today, we’re going to give you an introduction on how to install a drywall.
The first step you want to do is measure how much drywall you’ll need. Now this wall, for instance, was 113 inches long. So, we measure a 113 on a drywall and mark it with a pencil. Then you come back with your utility knife and a T-square and you cut it out. You want to cut the drywall to that length and then it snaps right off, once you’ve cut it.
Then once you’ve already cut it, you’ll go at the back and glue your studs with a drywall adhesive. If you want to do with 3 foot of the stud, if it’s a 4-foot sheet of drywall, you want to glue about 3 feet of it. You do not want to do the end studs.
And once you’ve got your measurement and cut your drywall and glue the studs, your next step will be bringing the top piece in, which you always want to hang the top piece first. So you hang the top piece to the wall first and you nail up the parameter with nails in the field. You want to put screws in the middle. You can put two screws per stud, that’s plenty. You always hang the top piece first.
When you come to do your bottom piece, you want to make sure you have a jack to keep it up off the floor. You want to jack it up as tight as the other joint is possible. So, you won’t have a big gap here. Then you nail around the parameter and screw in the middle and you’re good to go.
Now , that you’ve finished the drywall, the next step will be hanging a metal corner bead which comes in 8 foot, 9 foot or 10 foot. If you have an 8 foot ceiling, you want to buy a box of 8 foot. You can get those at your local hardware stores, wherever you buy your drywall.
As we said our first step when we have an 8 foot ceiling, if you need to cut it for any reason, you want to use a pair of snips to cut it. You just cut it like that on either side of it and then it just falls and snaps right off. So now, we’re going to show you how to put the corner bead up. Here you go.
You want to make sure you slide it all the way to the top of the ceiling. You don’t want to leave a gap. Slide it down, so you can show it. You don’t want to leave a gap like that. You want the gap to be on the bottom, so that will be covered by a trim. You’ll see you want to just slide it all the way to the top of the ceiling. Then you’re ready to go.
You want to nail it about every 12-16 inches. You want to do a nail on either side of it, the same side; it’s the same spots on every 12 inches and you want to push when you’re installing it, hold it in there tight. Once you’ve nailed it every 12 inches, your corner bead is good to go.
Now that we’ve hung the drywall, in the next segment I am going to show you how to put the drywall tape and the drywall mud on.
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