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I have an old house. it has P&L pretty much everywhere. i am going to take down the P&L on the walls, to add insulation. but i do not need to do this for the ceiling. i understand that putting drywall right over the P&L is ok. is this correct ? if so,...
Started by Fix'n it on
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It would be far better to also (probably like your P&L), but I'm not sure how that would play out with an added drywall layer temp bedroom, while i do thee bedroom....
And new framing for the new, different sized windows i am getting.
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Quote: : it oh. the P&L on the interior walls. i am just going to drywall over em. call me lazy, but screw that tearing out all that chit.
and there was no insulation in that wall. I am renovating an old farm house and gutted the section that i was working...
Started by rditz on
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by 10 people.
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But i bet it worked, to some degree.
Dirt in the walls, interesting.
The ceiling, over existing plaster/drywall and all.
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Fantastic mitch !
Started by b,mitch on
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I,m going to feed this thread with pics new and old.
Start with something simple.
To jump both feet in.
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We are wondering how to make the new drywall meet the older plaster with metal corner bead to look flush. We don't want to take out the metal corner bead which is in the plaster because then we have to fix up that wall with new drywall as well. Can we...
Started by liljessipea on
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by 1 people.
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I’m a long-term tenant in an apartment where the owner installed a new drywall ceiling as part of a larger construction job (building is from 1920’s and previously had all metal lathe/plaster ceilings & wood lathe/plaster walls).
A few months later, the...
Started by Lovegasoline on
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Hello everyone, new here and have a problem I've never run into before. I had to move a wall due to kitchen remodeling. This house is very old and is all plaster. I've moved the wall and am ready to drywall it. I'm not sure how to do the corners and ceiling...
Started by kennyf on
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by 4 people.
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Between plaster/drywall, wet the old plaster/lath for a better bond and not suck the water out.
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Quote: : Im confused! lol Certainteed drywall supply....? I wish!!!
Started by moore on
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by 6 people.
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Certainteed....
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Somebody painted over unprimed drywall We discovered the "finished" basement in our recently purchased resale home has paint over unprimed drywall , so the paint chips off all the places where there is drywall joint compound (aka the drywall mud). There...
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Said by bkjohnson :
Could you cover with thin (1/4") drywall?
This is a good solution if the OP are not required unless there is....
The only reason your prime new.
For sheetrock products like Kilz are not required unless there is a problem .
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Doing minor overhaul in a 1995 double wide manufactured home and need some advice on the closet drywall.
The drywall doesn't wrap the header. It hangs down all by itself to provide a "fake" 2" front cover for the sliding door hangers. It's flimsy at best...
Started by MzMolly65 on
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by 2 people.
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The third picture is a view of the the drywall removed so you can see the way the header joins the wall and that....
It shows the drywall hanging down to hide the door runners.
The second picture is a view from the inside of the closet .
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I have a small gap from the edge of the shower pan/riser and the drywall.
Is it okay to fill this with joint compound or should I cut a scrap hunk and stick it in there too?
Started by dwcopple on
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by 7 people.
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LOL, not sure what you are seeing there, as....
Yikes.
Quote and no tape?
Your photo shows water already seeping into the drywall/greenboard at the base.
Yikes.
Your photo shows water already seeping into the drywall/greenboard at the base.
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