Materials To Hang Dry Wall On Ceiling

Bucket of joint compound.

Materials to hang dry wall on ceiling.

One great thing about installing drywall is that it is so cheap. You can tear out the existing drywall or plaster lath in a room and re wall it inexpensively. 4 x 16 drywall mud pan. None of the materials will bankrupt you.

Half inch for framing spans of 16 in. To hang drywall on a concrete or brick ceiling you can use joint compound as mastic. Drywall is also known as plasterboard wallboard and gypsum board. 2 mark onto the drywall the location of any lights or vents in the ceiling.

You can also rent a drywall hoist to push it tight to the ceiling. 1 use a drywall t square to draw lines onto drywall sheet 16 in. This is simple stuff. Introduction to hanging drywall drywall is panels of pressed gypsum plaster between heavy paper.

Drywall router large jobs or keyhole saw smaller projects sanding pads or small sanding blocks. Some people call it sheetrock but sheetrock is a registered trademark of a company that produces drywall. Five eighths inch for spans up to 24 in. 3 set drywall sheet onto the drywall lift then crank it up to the ceiling.

Paper gypsum metal screws and some strips of plastic. 5 cut holes for light or vents using a drywall cutout tool. 4 secure drywall to 1x3 strapping with 1 5 8 inch drywall screws. Corner strips for outward corners.

Box of drywall screws. These lines correspond to the 1x3 strapping screwed to ceiling joists.