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Bonus: The beadboard also opens up the opportunity to move outlets to where you actually want them, and there’s no need to finish drywall. Just make sure to hire an electrician if you aren’t experienced working with electricity.
Old houses have plaster on the walls and ceilings, whereas new houses are built with drywall. When did the change occur? While there was no magic day when plasterers quit and drywallers began, most houses built before 1960 are plaster and most houses after are drywall. Dating houses can be...
Often when installing wood paneling, drywall is placed beneath it anyway. When the walls are drywalled and seams are properly taped, this wall structure adds to the R-value or insulative value of the wall. It also creates the perfect place to add a decorative accent wood wall. Unless you...
(a few screws and maybe some drywall anchors). This makes the installation fairly quick and easy, but keep in mind that the majority of cameras are wired, so you may have an unsightly power cord trailing down the wall when mounting your camera. If you'd rather not have to deal with ...
Now we needed something to nail to…You cant just nail into your drywall, its just not strong enough. You need some wood for the nails to bite into. Next up, we needed to decide if we were going to strap the ceiling or sheet it (run strips of wood in a grid to nail to, or ju...
The orbital sander works but I had to be careful not to tear through the sanding pads and damage the pad below. STEP 3: Drill holes in the angles irons. I selected the screws that I was going to fasten the angle irons to the 2x4 supports. I picked black drywall screws that are 1 ...