as shown in the photo below. What happens then is that the batts don’t make contact with the air barrier (the drywall), air moves through and around them, and they fall out of the attic kneewall. In other words, they’re pretty much worthless because...
A good T-Square will help you make straight, even cuts when modifying your boxes. The T-square is primarily used by builders who are installing drywall, which is typically 48” wide. I am going to recommend you buy your cardboard in 48” widths, which makes this the perfect tool for m...
Builders occasionally run into difficulty framing and sealing an opening around a fireplace. There needs to be clearance between the wood and the masonry or metal, so the framing can't fit tightly against those materials. That means the finish wall material -- usually drywall or plaster -- is...
1.) Preparation to Tile a Shower You need to put a sturdy cement board backer. Putting up this is just like putting up drywall. You need to cut it to fit, and then screw it to the studs. Leave about 1/8 inch gap between the panels and a very small space between the shower pan ...
If the wallpaper appears rough or damaged after priming, you may want skim coat it with drywall joint compound to hide the wallpaper seams, as well as all the bubbles you repaired. Cover the floors and furniture with plastic sheeting, as this can be a messy procedure. Premixed mud has ju...
Trim the excess underlay along the inside of the tackless strip and use duct tape to seal the seams. Step 3 - Climatize the New Carpet A wall-to-wall carpet will shrink and expand with changes in temperature and air pressure. If you bring a carpet in from outside and install it right...
how to remove wallpaper glue from walls | prepping the walls for painting To make one last ditch effort at getting off any remaining glue, I sanded the walls with a100-grit drywall sanding pad on a stick. (I usedTHIS.) This also helped smooth out the wall and places I had patched to...
The plastic sometimes used on the warm-side of building walls (on the wall interior under drywall in northern climates) is a vapor barrier. Vapor barriers are both waterproof and vapor-proof. Watch out: we do not want a vapor barrier on both sides of a building wall or top floor ...
Before my painters came, I needed to patch the drywall where I had torn the paper. Off camera, I removed all of the loose paper and then used a sanding block to remove any loose pieces of debris from the wall. Next, I used somewall repair compoundto cover any exposed paper, applying...
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