debris removal, and painting. You can buy supplies from a big box store likeHome Depotwhere drywall sheets (8' x 4') run about $12, screws are $6 per pound, 250-feet of self-adhesive mesh tape is about $13, and a bucket of joint...
The easiest way to patch drywall is with a ready made patch kit. They come in various sizes and are made of a thin metal square covered with self adhesive fiberglass mesh tape, with “wings” of tape protruding beyond the edges of the patch that stick to your wall. With these kits, al...
UPDATE: I’ve now done this skim coat thing a number of times in the house, and a good tip I learned later from a contractor is this: use anoil-based primerprior to adding your first skim coat. After peeling the paper off in my dining room, I noticed that the first skim coat woul...