How to Hang Drywall

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In this video, contributor Myron Ferguson demonstrates how to hang drywall.

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• Fine Homebuilding
• construction
• drywall
• hanging drywall
• sheetrock
• wall board
• home
• building

[finehomebuilding]

mrditothedoublezy, I believe Myron uses a Senco DS275 18V cordless driver. Take a look in the FineHomebuilding tool guide or on Amazon

[midasallen]

@rockinar This video shows it done right. While it is easy to hang the lower drywall first, and put the second course on top, it looks like CRAP when the house is finished. The ceiling seam needs to be tight, and the seam at 48", but who cares about the bottom edge?  Baseboard covers it. Trust me. Also, drywall shouldn't touch the floor because of water spills. If installing drywall bottom up looked remotely similar, it would be done that way everywhere. Faster? maybe. Worth it? Nope.

[atown327]

There are better collated screw guns available than the cheapo this guys using

[PilotVBall]

No wonder houses blow away with the smallest storm!

[nimrodery]

@rockinar And it will also get you fired from any quality drywall company (just like using nails instead of screws). At least on the planet where I reside. Feel free to rock your own house that way.

[nimrodery]

@jmb69er So you've never done it, then? Fascinating....

[tjfreak]

@wingmanalive People/contractors pay mainly for time purposes & correctness,& we all know it's brutal & physically demanding..just getting 100 sheets to its destination in the house is killer !

[tjfreak]

@jmb69er It is a skill,like roofing, tiling.. planning,mathmatics,fast, efficient, cost effective,right - once, & move on

[jmb69er]

@wingmanalive Dnt get me wrong! Der is a need for drywallers cus some jobs der r ALOT of walls 2 drywall and doing it every day they will be quicker and do a better job but end of the day its measure mark and cut and screw it all depends on the person to how well they do the job and how accurate it will all be. Plasterers are the ones who do it normally if their is alot of it but they dont seem to be bothered to do a tidy job I suppose it all gets covered in plaster any way never be seen again

[jmb69er]

@wingmanalive I hope you dont believe nailing the boards on is better than screws because you will be very wrong. Screws hold 10x better than nails. I proved this after an old carpenter told me nails with large heads are better after he finished nailing his board on this bowed ceiling I went up stuck few screws in it and it pulled the board up leaving the nails stick proud.

[jmb69er]

@wingmanalive Normal studding like in the video drywalling is easy! Here in the UK carpenters/Joiners do a lot of it and they are much better at it then the plasters. Im a carpenter/joiner my self. Yes drywalling can become more difficult like if you had to do curve ceilings and angles etc.

[TurboDLT]

DO NOT EVER TRY TO DO DRYWALL WORK IN YOUR OWN HOUSE YOU WILL F>>> IT UP... Have a real Drywaller do it....

[wingmanalive]

@jmb69er If you paid someone to take a shit then yes it would be considered a skill. People today get paid for less! Why do you think so many people pay others to hang drywall for them? Because they can't or won't for themselves. It's not rocket science but you can clearly tell the difference between a pro and a weekend warrior when it comes to drywall, taping and spackling. I speak for those who put food on their family's tables doing it.......and proud of it. Why mock a trade?