How To Install Drywall Ceiling By Yourself

Along the interior joist install the fasteners at about 12 inches 30 cm increments.

How to install drywall ceiling by yourself. When installing the drywall ceiling start from a corner making sure the boards are as close as possible to the walls. Use a drywall hatchet or hammer and bang in some ring shank drywall nails dimpling the drywall paper above each. This video shows you two ways to install ceiling drywall by yourself.

Affix the drywall sheets permanently to the ceiling joists. I strongly prefer the second method and only did the first method to show you an extra. Place a nail at each joist along the panel s edge and space them at about 16 in.

All edges of the drywall boards should be fastened to the ceiling studs. You mud the backside create a 2x4 t to hold it tight against the ceiling and then nail it in with concrete nails. Jeff patterson from home repair tutor is sharing his bathroom remodel which includes installing a new tub and replacing the walls and ceiling with new drywall.

He s doing the walls himself and to. Drive the fasteners in 375 inches 0 95 cm away from the edges of each sheet and space them 7 inches 18 cm apart along the perimeter. To hang drywall on a concrete or brick ceiling you can use joint compound as mastic.