[lacyj]

Hi,
We started hanging the sheetrock on our new house and aren't sure if we're supose to do the ceiling first or the walls first. We did the first room by doing the ceiling first and when we hung the wall board it was too long. We had to trim of between 1/4" and 1/2" off each sheet. The wood framing has been up for about a year and is now dry, could it have shrunk that much? Should we start the second room by doing the walls first and then trying to fit in the ceiling rock? Or, continue as we have been, trimming each piece?
Thanks for any advice,
lacyj

 

[lacyj]

Yes, we're hanging the wall vertical, so that the untapered edges are at the top and bottom. The beveled edges that need tapeing are up and down. That's the way it shows in the books, we have. If you ran them the other way, how do you get them flat?(At the taping stage?) We have scrap wood along all the edges, at ceiling level, so that we can screw the sheet rock in. We could hang the rock either ceiling then wall or wall then ceiling. It just seems easier to fit, by doing the ceiling first. It's just to two of us doing it and ceilings are hard to work on.

 

[lacyj]

Having someone else do it, is not an option, I'm laid-off and DH is retired. Money is very tight. We started with the hardest room first, the master bedroom, and it's almost done. We're doing the closet now. It's been about a week, for just the one room. It's a small house, 1000', the living room/kitchen area has a vaulted ceiling, we can get some friends to assist in hanging that part. We're still talkin' to each other, and have become very good @ "measure thrice and cut once... The measure twice, cut once, wasn't working very well...

 

[lacyj]

Thanks everyone,
I know, we can do it, it's just weird,that there isn't a full 1/2 inch space on the bottom edges of the walls. We're using a roto zip to trim the rock. We built 3' off the ground and live on the side of a hill, if the water ever gets that high, it'll be because of THE BIG QUAKE, and we'll have beach front property.... we're 150 miles inland....
Is there anything I need to know about using greenboard around the shower???????????
thanks again,
lacyj

 

[lacyj]

We were going to use the greenboard behind the shower walls. The walls are preformed plastic, but are in five pieces, two angled corners, the back and two sides. Hadn't concidered getting enough for the whole bathroom. I thought it was only necessary, behind the shower area. The bathroom will have tiles floor and probably have tile half way up the walls, also. Sort of like chair rail height.
The 1/2 inch clearance on the bottom or the rest of the reg. wall board is supose to be for accidental flooding, isn't it?
lacyj

 

[lacyj]

ajoys,
What type of substrate do I need for the floor? I picked up some 12" x 12", slightly textured tiles and wanted them on the floor. Do I put plastic under them too? We have 5/8 plywood floor, tong and groove, sub flooring now. What else do I need, before we lay the tile?
lacyj

 

[lacyj]

Thanks,
I have some smaller tiles, I'm considering also, their about 6", I was wondering about that also. The washer will have a pan, under it, with a drain hole, just in case. The Dryer is propane and the room will have it's own intake/exaust draft system, not attached to the the rest of the house. The water heater is in the same room and will have a drain also.
If I put tiles, 1/2 way up the walls of the bathroom, can I use regular sheetrock? Or, does it have to be greenboard?