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That tip from a foreman in Phoenix about skipping glue cost me a call back
Guy named Dave I worked with at a tract home site swore up and down you didn't need adhesive behind the board if you screwed every 8 inches. I tried it on a 12 foot ceiling job last month and now there's a wavy seam right down the middle of the living room wall. How do you fix a popped seam without tearing out the whole sheet?
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lilyt235d ago
Wait, your foreman actually said skip the glue on a 12 foot ceiling...
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miaprice5d ago
Oh man, my buddy had this exact thing happen and @the_felix is totally right about the fix.
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the_felix5d ago
Lets be real here - a popped seam on a 12 foot ceiling is a BIG deal and you know it. That wavy line is going to show up like a sore thumb once paint hits it, especially with that afternoon sun hitting it. You can try shimming behind the loose edge with some shims and pulling it tight with a drywall screw, but if the whole sheet is wavey you're basically screwed. The real fix is to cut out the bad seam, sister in a new block of wood behind it, and float it out with hot mud and tape. I'd bet money that "tip" from the foreman was just him being lazy or trying to save a buck on glue for the whole development.
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robin8965d ago
My own rule of thumb is if someone's giving shortcuts about stuff that's literally holding up a ceiling, they're probably cutting corners everywhere in life too. Seen it a thousand times with subs who race through the easy parts then leave you holding the bag when it goes sideways.
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