Timeline for Within code, can I notch a joist block?
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| May 19, 2021 at 2:12 | vote | accept | habrockc | ||
| May 13, 2021 at 17:40 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | There is commercially available OSB backer board which has a depression in the middle to create a depression in the drywall seam screwed to it. | |
| May 13, 2021 at 4:55 | answer | added | Fresh Codemonger | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 13, 2021 at 4:44 | comment | added | P2000 | Is this a special kind of backer board? Usually we'd use a piece of 1x lumber or some plywood strips to suck-up and align the drywall. If the blocking is uneven at the bottom, then back around it and don't screw at the blocking. Would that work for you? | |
| May 13, 2021 at 4:17 | comment | added | habrockc | @P2000 thx for quick reply. The backer boards serve the purpose of "sucking up" the two joined drywall pieces (existing and new at the joint) to reduce the hump. If the joist block prevents any part of the joint from pulling up as intended then I'll still have a hump when taping and mudding. This is my first time using backer boards for joints so don't know how much 2" of a flush joist block might affect the intended pulling up part of the joint between the existing and new pieces. | |
| May 13, 2021 at 4:10 | comment | added | P2000 | Why do you need to notch? Can you not just install drywall over the joists and blocking? Your drywall backing does not have to run full length of the seams. | |
| May 13, 2021 at 3:26 | history | asked | habrockc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |