How To Put Sheetrock On Ceiling

5 cut holes for light or vents using a drywall cutout tool.

How to put sheetrock on ceiling. 2 mark onto the drywall the location of any lights or vents in the ceiling. The hardest part is getting it attached to the ceiling without a helping hand. Fit the first piece of drywall in the drywall lift and hoist it into place.

Space the screws about six to eight inches apart. 1 use a drywall t square to draw lines onto drywall sheet 16 in. 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. Measure and mark the cut line at the vertical midpoint of the drywall sheet and use a utility knife to cut through the. These lines correspond to the 1x3 strapping screwed to ceiling joists.

If not insert ceiling drywall screws at the rate of one every 6 inches on the seams and one every 8 inches in the plane. I figured out how to do it by yourself. Every screw must hit a ceiling joist.

1 man hanging sheets on the ceiling. Hanging sheetrock on a ceiling can. Shows how one man can install drywall on a ceiling using a simple inexpensive jig.

To hang drywall on a concrete or brick ceiling you can use joint compound as mastic. If it s a shiplap ceiling smooth wood panels the screws can be attached anywhere. Start in the corner and work your way out.