When hanging sheetrock or other wall coverings?
2006-10-07 05:45:12 · 7 answers · asked by rera1397 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
no, u start with the ceiling so that u dont have to cut the sheetrock tight to the wall....if u put the walls on first then u would have to cut the ceiling sheetrock tight so not to have a gap, if the ceiling done first then the wall board being 1/2" thick will buttthe ceiling board and make for a tight joint.......
lic. gen. contractor
2006-10-07 07:23:05 · answer #1 · answered by bigg_dogg44 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Drywalling the ceiling first is accepted practice because of a few factors. 1st is structural. The drywall on the walls helps to support the ceiling panels. Second is it's easier. Most rooms are not perfectly square. Hanging the ceiling panels first allows you to cut them a little short of actual measurement and still have tight fitting joints at the top corners because you can simply cover the gap by butting the wall panels up tight to the ceiling
2006-10-11 04:33:15 · answer #2 · answered by Ralph 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty simple when you think about it........ imagine you've got just got all the walls done.... you move onto the ceiling..... you end up getting paint or whatever splattered onto the walls, and therefore have to re-do them bits.
If you do the ceiling first it doesn't matter if the walls get a bit splattered, since they'll be getting covered over afterwards.
And when putting up stuff like plasterboard, MDF or plywood to form the walls & ceilings, I guess it just makes things look neater.
And it's also probably easier to put the ceiling up first, then slide the sheets for the walls underneath, than it is to put the walls up first, then try wrestle the sheets for the ceiling in over them.
2006-10-08 03:04:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With sheetrock, the ceiling goes on first, because you butt the wall sections up against the ceiling for added bracing....
2006-10-07 05:48:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just easier, if you have to adjust something where the ceiling and wall meet, to adjust the wall element rather that taking down and putting up the ceiling element.
2006-10-07 05:49:31 · answer #5 · answered by Ro-bot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You start witht he ceiling because you want to be able to push your wall boards up to it and to have the ceiling boards go right to the outside walls, without gaps.
2006-10-07 06:23:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity my dear. Don't question the boy's.
2006-10-07 15:02:23 · answer #7 · answered by John K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋