http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news New Drywall Products and Drywalling Methods Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:00:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, I helped a friend with his bathroom project. His home was very old and the walls and ceiling of his bathroom were plaster. He removed some of the walls to put in a new tub, and I taped the new drywall to the old plaster. But the plaster was ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/skim-coating-plaster-ceiling/ I am now in the process of renovating Drywallinfo.com, in response to what you have suggested and for other reasons. Here are changes that will be made: Major drywall taping pages will be cleaned up so the code does not cause problems with alternative browsers. These changes will consist of replacing ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/drywall-info-site-update/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="256" caption="Checking To Make Sure Screws Sit Below The Surface"][/caption] My wife called me up from my office to watch Ask This Old House show how to finish  inside and outside drywall corners. Outside Corners by Ask This Old House First they showed outside corners. I was happy to see ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/this-old-house-drywall-corner/ Inside corners of drywall seem near impossible for the beginner to quickly tape and finish! This blog post covers some basics that I think will help: Use paper tape. NEVER mesh tape! Mesh is easily snagged by a taping knife, and that is very easy to do here since you are ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/drywall-inside-corners/ Often the question is asked "Should I go with 8 foot sheets of drywall hung vertically or 12 foot sheets of drywall hung horizontally?" This article addresses that question and offers advice on a case-by-case basis. Advantages of Hanging 8 ft Long Drywall The one obvious advantage of 8 foot long pieces ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/8-ft-12-ft-drywall/ The inventor of the StudTHUD®, a magnetic stud finder that uses a super-sensitive magnet that "thuds" against the wall when it passes over a drywall nail or screw, sent me one of his inventions to test out. I had been following the progress of this invention for a while and ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/studthud-magnetic-studfinder-review/ I was invited to try a new product called the Wallboarders Buddy by the inventor of this  product. I gladly accepted, as it appeared to be a nice product. After completing this review, I will donate the product to a friend that is a professional contractor - it could be ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/wallboarders-buddy-review/ When repairing nail holes, nail pops in drywall, or pre-filling large gaps between sheets or in corners, you may use ordinary all-purpose joint compound. But, this compound takes a fairly long time to dry and also will shrink a fair amount, requiring additional coats (and time). A better way to ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/plaster-spackle-repair-nail-holes/ At the beginning of April in 2009, I hung 23.5 pounds from a single Hercules Hook. VK6CXBWT366F Since that time I have kept a record of what happened. The hook deformed a little, then a little more, and even a little more still. But still the weight is held up! ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/hercules-hook-experiment/ The photo shown here illustrates the challenges my friend Luke faced in finishing his log cabin. About half his walls were natural log, but the other half were finished drywall. And being log built, it is natural to have more non-90-degree angles than a traditional home. So I let Luke ... http://www.drywallinfo.com/drywall-news/strait-flex-tape-review/