Materials To Hang Dry Wall On Ceiling

None of the materials will bankrupt you.

Materials to hang dry wall on ceiling.

Bucket of joint compound. 1 use a drywall t square to draw lines onto drywall sheet 16 in. Half inch for framing spans of 16 in. Box of drywall screws.

Paper gypsum metal screws and some strips of plastic. 4 x 16 drywall mud pan. You can tear out the existing drywall or plaster lath in a room and re wall it inexpensively. To hang drywall on a concrete or brick ceiling you can use joint compound as mastic.

You mud the backside create a 2x4 t to hold it tight against the ceiling and then nail it in with concrete nails. You can also rent a drywall hoist to push it tight to the ceiling. One great thing about installing drywall is that it is so cheap. Most drywalling calls for three basic types and thicknesses of material.

Some people call it sheetrock but sheetrock is a registered trademark of a company that produces drywall. Roll of joint tape. Drywall router large jobs or keyhole saw smaller projects sanding pads or small sanding blocks. Drywall is also known as plasterboard wallboard and gypsum board.

These lines correspond to the 1x3 strapping screwed to ceiling joists. 2 mark onto the drywall the location of any lights or vents in the ceiling. Five eighths inch for spans up to 24 in. 3 set drywall sheet onto the drywall lift then crank it up to the ceiling.

Corner strips for outward corners. This is simple stuff.