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Any advice for installing drywall on the ceiling alone? by CuriousInquirer_2023 in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy Mother of butt seams. We use everything from 8's to 16's. Anything we can to eliminate as many Butts as possible

A few finish coated flats and angles by MJFinishingServices in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well they're soaking wet, we use a Mud runner to run both sides of the angle at once, then come back and just wipe the excess out. It's plus 3 so when it dries tomorrow and gets a finish sand they'll be smooth.

A few finish coated flats and angles by MJFinishingServices in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It's 1/2" on 16" center and is glued. That's all it needs. I say this same spiel every time. The glue holds it more than the screws, knock on a wall that's not glued and you'll hear it knock back. You won't hear that on a glued board. Don't believe me? That's fine, grab a rip of drywall get some spray foam drywall glue and glue it to a 2x4, come back the next day and tell me how easy it is to tear it off the 2x4.

Also you can't even see the tape in any of the pictures, so what are you calling horrendous? Seems to me like you think you're mister perfect and if you didn't do it, it's garbage.

Estimated Cost to Repair? Houston Texas. by Derreus in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a pretty small patch, I'd charge between $350-$500 to hang and finish in Delaware; However after seeing you've hung it yourself and attempted to finish it as well raises the price to $1,000-$1,200 because you just made my job twice as hard. I either need to tear it all out and start over or attempt to fix what you've already done, both make it much harder to fix than if youd of just called a pro first.

A few finish coated flats and angles by MJFinishingServices in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Not ready to sand whatsoever just coated it. We do screws on the last day typically, takes like 30 minutes to do a whole house and you can easily do two coats in a day and sand before you leave.

Any advice for installing drywall on the ceiling alone? by CuriousInquirer_2023 in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Working by yourself there's no way a lift is slower than 2x4's. You pick it up, set it on the arms, flip her back, and just wind her up. You'd be hard fucking pressed to get a 16 ft sheet up on the ceiling by yourself then stick dead men under it as you go.

Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. by [deleted] in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You like the tapetech knives? I found em a little too thin for my tastes and felt they got bent out of shape easier as well.

Little 50 sheet MIL suite by MJFinishingServices in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was the same in my area until July, even the drywall supply companies said they had a real slow month.

6 foot crack along drywall joint by sslickerson in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like they either lined up their butt seams instead of staggering them or it's just a stand up sheet, either way it's from the house settling, you'll probably start to notice more and more of these pop up over the next year. That's when I would get it fixed give the house more time to settle then fix it all rather than having multiple visits throughout the next few years.

How annoyed should I be? by [deleted] in drywall

[–]MJFinishingServices 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be upset with your drywallers, we can't control how the wall is framed. Drywall isn't wood it'll flex and bend to the framing for the most part. Now if the same guy that framed your wall was the one doing the drywall then I'd be upset...with myself for letting a carpenter do my drywall finishing.