The time it will take will depend on the scope of your project. Installing drywall in an unfinished basement will obviously take a lot more time than patching up a section of a damaged wall. For a full basement remodel, the drywall process can take a week or more. Remember that the drywall mud will have to dry over night and the contractor will have to return to your property for several days to complete the task. When you book your job, Freddy’s Drywall will give you a detailed schedule on how long your project will take.

Freddy’s Drywall will supply all the drywall materials required for your project. We will also come equipped with the proper tools, supplies and safety equipment to do the job effective, efficiently and safely.

You do not need to worry about renting a dumpster or taking care of the clean up, the drywall contractors will haul away all unused materials and debris for you. They will also make sure that the area is cleaned up properly by vacuuming excess drywall dust and properly disposing of any waste.

All drywall seams need to have tape embedded in joint compound. The tape strengthens the joint, and the joint compound, or mud, is the adhesive that holds the tape in place.

After you hang drywall, you tape and mud the pieces to form a continuous wall. Applying tape and drywall compound to the inside drywall corners gives them a smooth look. Inside drywall corners can develop hairline cracks over time, so it’s important to do the job correctly.

After filling it, you must tape over the crack. The biggest mistake people make when they’re trying to fix a crack in plaster or drywall is not using tape. If you don’t tape the seam or crack, it will crack again in the same place. The tape can be paper or fiberglass mesh.

The standard method of taping can take anywhere from 48 to 72 hours to complete (from the application of the first coat to the thorough drying of the third coat). That’s fine when you’re working through an entire house, but there are times when it’s desirable to do all the taping in one day.

The 24-hour drying time recommendation can be applied to nearly all factors. Some manufacturers will bring down that number to 12 hours if a few shortcuts are applied to help speed up drying time without affecting the finished product. Filled-in screw holes and minor indentations can take about 2 hours to dry.

Extensive discoloration, bulging, sagging, damp smells and mold are all signs that your drywall may have suffered irreparable water damage. Removing the moisture source is the priority, but a drywall replacement is often the next step.

If done well the drywall should be in good enough shape that it can be reused with a little patching plaster to fill in where the nails were pulled.

With fresh drywall, the substrate actually absorbs a coating really well, like a sponge. However, because it absorbs so well, without a primer coat, you’ll experience uneven coverage, especially along drywall seams. This means you’ll need to apply more paint to finally get an even coat.

Drywall tape shows through the mud.

The tape actually should show through the filler coat. If it doesn’t, your filler coat is too thick. Covering the tape comes only with the final coat or coats. If your initial final coat doesn’t cover the tape, apply more coats, but keep them thin.

Allow each coat to dry thoroughly before applying the next coat (24-hours between coats). If the tape does lift along the edges after drying; simply cut out the affected area in the shape of a canoe before applying the next coat.

Drywall taping compounds are water-based, and typically about the only thing that will cause the tape to come loose is if the drywall gets wet. I would want to make sure that you don’t have a roof leak or some other problem that is causing an excess amount of moisture to reach the drywall.

Drywall tape shows through the mud

If you keep seeing the drywall tape under the mud, your coating is too thin. Use three layers: tape coat, filler coat, and final coat. The tape actually should show through the filler coat. If it doesn’t, your filler coat is too thick.

No, a light sweep of the wall should remove the dust and a dry paint brush in the corners is sufficient the remaining dust will melt into the primer.

Standard drywall thicknesses (depending on different building codes and requirements) are a 1/4-inch, 1/2 inch, 5/8 inch. 1/4-inch thick drywall is useful when you need to install drywall on a slightly curved surface. Half inch drywall panels are used for most interior walls and ceilings. 5/8 inch drywall (also referred to as fire drywall) is ideal for commercial construction and soundproofing.

There are a few reasons why drywall cracks:

• Normal settling over time
• New home
• Home left vacant
• Inferior taping/drywall installation