For questions about drywall (aka plasterboard) installation, repair & finishing.
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Is this asbestos in my ceiling drywall?
While looking through a hole in the drywall, I saw this...
Is this asbestos?
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How do I prepare a wall for backsplash tile?
I am getting ready to tile my blacksplash. I had laminate counters and backsplash. Of course when I removed the old backsplash the paper on the drywall was damaged.
How should I fix this ? Will ...
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Is this wall board made of dangerous material?
There's a room in my house that has walls made of a material that I've always thought was weird. It's not like normal drywall. Recently, I pulled up the base boards I got a better look at the bottom ...
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Installing a shelf on a stucco-covered wall
We have a wall in the workroom next to our kitchen where we'd like to put a long, shallow shelf. The wall is stucco, and I'm a little concerned about the wall crumbling or cracking around the pilot ...
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How can I make a smooth transition from granite to drywall?
I had solid sheets of granite installed for shower. Looks good except for the adjoining areas.
First shower does not run width of room - so there is a support wall for the right hand side of ...
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How do I prepare a ceiling for restomping?
I had to cut access panels in the ceiling of a 7' x 11' room to make several plumbing repairs. The ceiling has the slapbrush/stomp texture:
I have patched the drywall and I plan on restomping the ...
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How does wood paneling compare to drywall?
what does wood paneling do better or worse than drywall? For example
cost
ease of installation
ease of modification
maintenance
longevity
fire resistance
noise insulation
heat insulation
etc.
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How do I cut an access panel in an inside wall?
I have a home theatre and I need to run some cables from the floor through to the roof.
My original plan was to drill from the roof down through the beams and then cut a small hole at the bottom ...
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How should I prepare drywall for wallpaper?
If I am posting wallpaper, is it still necessary to apply joint compound? I though that corner could be cut because the surface won't be exposed especially if i cut all the beveled edges off and ...
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How should I store between 30 and 50 sheets of QuietRock ES?
I will spare the details of why I am buying this much QuietRock. For now, let's just assume it makes sense and move on to my question.
As I said, I am buying a large quantity of QuietRock ES to ...
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How to fill gap between brick and drywall?
Where my ceiling drywall meets a brick wall there is a gap.
This is smaller at the brick itself (maybe 3/16") and then larger where the mortar is struck.
This seems too large to fill with ...
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Will grid-lines in textured ceilings show through paint?
We just finished texturing our ceilings with a knock-down texture, however the following day we noticed wide grid-lines in the ceiling everywhere we taped and mudded. We did not prime/seal the ...
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What products are available to make coved ceilings?
Due to massive cracks and drooping ceilings we need to tear off our existing plaster/lath walls and replace with sheetrock. The 1948 house currently has coved ceilings that we want to duplicate when ...
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What tool should be used to mud the inside corners of a diagonal ceiling?
We are preparing to tape and mud the 'inside corners' of a diagonal attic ceiling, where the short walls meet the ceiling. What is the best way to achieve a straight line? Is there a special tool we ...
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How do I repair a wall after mild water damage?
Some water got in my wall near a window when it was raining (the window shade had previously put a nick on the window sill corner exposing the drywall). The water got in behind some of the paint and ...
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When hanging two layers of drywall, can the first layer be hung with the facing to the studs?
I am hanging a double layer of 5/8" type-x drywall with Green Glue, a soundproofing compound, sandwiched in the middle. If I hang the first layer with the face facing outward like normal and then ...
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How can I restore the waterproofing behind a shower/bath mixer/diverter?
After install a new shower/bath mixer, I am proceeding to restore waterproofing behind the mixer follow by the tiles.
Originally between the water pipes and the tiles there is a layer of gyprock ...
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How can I reattach this pivot bracket for bifold doors to the wall?
I decided to repaint my bedroom a few weeks ago. I removed the closet door in preparation for it, then painted the room. I went to reattach the closet door and noticed that the pivot bracket on the ...
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How can I fill this gap between the plasterboard and window architrave?
The framing on my house is warped in such a way that I have several places where I have large gaps between the window/door architraves and the frame and the plasterboard just flaps around. I also get ...
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How do I install a 2 gang low voltage bracket?
Purchased varying 1 gang and 2 gang low voltage screw-in type brackets as seen here.
Upon inspection they appeared to simply sit in the wall with the the screws being screwed into the side of the dry ...
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Is it hazardous to leave a hole in the wall for a week or two?
Yesterday in a fit of manliness I accidentally punched a hole in the wall of my bedroom. I will eventually get some putty to fill in the hole but I'm concerned about the fibrous dust that may be in ...
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How do I add fire protection to a common (shared) wall?
I own a condo, built in 1961. I've started remodeling and in tearing out my kitchen I discovered the wall between me and my neighbors is only that: a wall. No fire protection just drywall, regular ...
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What is the usual maximum load for drywall? [duplicate]
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How much weight can you mount to a wall?
I've only recently moved beyond yellow wall plugs and into a different style of self taping plug that's rated to significantly ...
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What is the proper way to install a exterior door in brick/drywall wall?
A little background: in Brazil drywall is kind of novelty yet, mostly used on comercial building. Houses here are still built only using bricks, with the jambs of door being affixed to the bricks ...
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How can I attach a light fixture to plasterboard?
After some water damage and a ceiling repair I cannot locate the joist to refix the light fitting. It is a circular fluorescent light weighing about 3 and a half pounds.
Is it safe to fix all 3 ...
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How do I properly prepare newly-finished drywall for priming?
What is the minimum amount of dust that can be left on a wall before it adversely affects primer application? If it has to be completely free of dust, how do you get it all? Taking a damp rag over ...
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Should I primer my walls/ceiling before I spray on texture?
I have removed a wall and upper cabinet, replacing some sheetrock. I have skim coated and sanded the existing walls and removed the "popcorn" ceiling. My question is: do I need to primer the walls ...
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Should I use acoustical insulation or acoustical drywall for interior walls?
We are getting ready to begin a multi-room renovation project and are thinking about sound deadening. We want to either add sound deadening insulation or acoustical drywall to the interior walls but ...
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How do I hang curtain rods?
I'm not experienced, and I have poor tools, but it seems like I'm having more trouble than I should have. The last attempt was off-level despite an extra 30 minutes of working with a laser level; I ...
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How can I hang my cupboard on a stud wall?
I have a storage cupboard in which I'd like to put some shelves. No problem with brick walls as normally I'd just have wooden battens on 3 sides, srewed directly into the wall with rawlplugs, then ...
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How can I block off a doorway with studwork on a brick wall?
I'm blocking up a doorway in a brick wall. I've decided to block it up using a stud wall as that should be a bit easier than bricking it up.
I know that the bricks are 11cm depth plus approx 2cm ...
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How can I figure out what material my row home's interior and party walls are made out of?
I'd like to hang some shelving on the wall in my kitchen that separates my home from my neighbor's. How can I figure out what material this wall is made of? The home was built in 1950. The party wall ...
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How do I replace a 7' drop ceiling so it matches an 8' ceiling with 2 layers of drywall and popcorn texturing?
I would like to remove a dropped ceiling and give the room an 8 foot ceiling. The great room ceiling has 2 layers of drywall already. I need to repair many areas of the ceiling (remove an attic fan, ...
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Will drywall sealer/primer hide grid-lines in the ceiling? [duplicate]
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Will grid-lines in textured ceilings show through paint?
We recently finished taping new drywall on our ceilings. A week later we textured them with a knock-down ...
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Should I install a moisture barrier behind drywall in house with T1-11 siding?
My home interior walls are thick redwood paneling in the bay area mountains.
i'm about to start removing the wood in my second bedroom and want to install a moisture barrier on the 1 outside wall of ...
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How do I fix a bathroom light Fixture that is falling off the wall?
The light fixture in my bath room is falling right off the wall . Can anyone tell me what I'll need to fix it and how to fix it?
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What techniques are there to smooth out or remove textured (knockdown) drywall?
We have knockdown texture on the drywall in one of our bedrooms that we're turning into a nursery. We'll be repainting the walls and want like to apply some wall decals so we need to have a smooth ...
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how to find out my primer color
I have some scratches on the drywall which was primer'ed dry wall from moving furniture. I'd like to just apply a coat of primer on the spots where the scratches are. I don't plan on painting just ...
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Mildew resistant mud need for bathroom?
I'm installing the green sheetrock (moisture-resistant) in my new bathroom. Is green mud and tape recommended or required also?
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Which blade should I use on a Silverline Adjustable Hole Cutter with Cowl?
I just bought this hole cutter to make some large holes in a plaster board ceiling. It comes with two sets of blades but no instructions! So which type blade should I use for plaster board?
The ...
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How can I block off my stairs while I repair the walls?
I have an epileptic son that I have to keep off of our stairs. We have some great childproof stair gates installed currently. I have redone all of the drywall in the house except the stairwell ...
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Rewiring House (Coax and Ethernet) [duplicate]
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How do I run ethernet, speaker wire, and coax through a wall into a crawlspace?
When my family moved into our house, there were holes in the floors where the coax cables ...
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What should I consider when purchasing a good quality primer/sealer for new drywall?
We recently mudded new sheetrock, followed by orange peel texture: it was our first time doing this so did not get a perfect outcome. We wish now that we had primed/sealed it before texturing, but ...
