How To Hang Drywall On Tall Walls

This means working with the largest drywall panels and pieces you can.

How to hang drywall on tall walls.

Just before closing up the walls make sure everything is just right. Then you screw into the anchor so everything stays in place. But for drywall it shouldn t matter unless the plans specify a shear nailing schedule for the drywall. Its more a matter of personal preference and not a right or wrong way.

Installing drywall with a helper is the best way to get er done. For walls nine feet high or shorter hanging the drywall horizontally has a number of benefits. Here is a quick guide for how to work as a team to install drywall. Now a word for you rookies.

Add extra studs photo 1 or blocks photo 2 to support the drywall edges as necessary. Next hang the top wall row. 1 4 inch is the choice for curved walls and arches. Wall preparation for hanging drywall.

Hang the drywall vertically. On ceilings you install sheets perpendicular to the joists because you want the strength axis to be perpendicular to prevent sagging. Drywall is heavy awkward and hard to get into position. 3 8 inch is best to cover existing walls.

Hanging drywall over your head is no fun. How high are the walls. When hanging drywall the ultimate goal is to create the fewest number of seams possible. To make it a lot easier pony up for a drywall lift.

A drywall anchor goes between the screw and the drywall biting into the drywall much more effectively than a screw would. Cover wire runs with a 1 16 metal plate when wires come within 1 1 4 of the stud face. That way the wall pieces support the ceiling pieces. On the bottom row use a drywall lifter to pry the panel inch up from the floor to allow for shrinkage of the framing as on the ceiling offset the end joints from those in the previous row by at least 4 feet.

Around here we have to install plywood vertical to get adequate nailing around the edges for shear strength. 5 8 inch is heaviest and the most soundproof. Depending on what you re hanging or mounting you may want to use a specific kind of drywall anchor and there are several to choose from. When applying drywall to a 9 foot tall wall there are a couple ways to go.

First you can get 9 or 10 foot drywall sheets. Install the next row of panels as in step 4 butting the edges tightly together.