I am a DIYer but have been doing the whole process from start to finish for 30 years. I watched one of your videos about mudding a while ago. It has helped me to be more efficient doing taping, especially in the corners. If I had to choose the worst part of drywall work, getting the sheets in, especially a basement. I now pay the supplier to bring them in Best money spent.
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SANDING. Not because it's hard, because it's a mess. Particularly when I'm sanding someone else's sloppy work, which always needs a skim after. Thankfully this channel and others taught me how to apply cmpd without needing more than a couple passes with a sanding sponge.
3 months ago
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Texture. Specifically matching texture when patching or repairing holes.
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I hate mudding and taping!.....but I still did it when I built a 5th bedroom for our fourth born, in our basement! Too bad we can't post pictures here 😢....YOUR tips in one of your older videos(the bottle of water trick!!!) were an immense help!
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Great question - for me it’s the mess and the excessive sanding I always end up having to do because I’m not great at it. Also when it’s done I ALWAYS see where I mudded when a light is shined on it from a shallow angle
3 months ago
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I learned how to do all my studio walls and ceilings watching you... Including putting up strapping. Even did a skim coat over the whole thing and painted using your methods. The job came out looking flawless. Lvl 5 IMO.... Much better than the professional work in the main house. Hahaha. Go figured. Appreciate ya, buddy.
3 months ago
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Repairing a bad corner. It's not the usual path that's my problem, but figuring out how to recover from a mistake. I'm doing some repair work on my own and made the mistake of caulking the corners after the drywall and mud was on. Now I'm tearing out the corner and making it up as I go how much I have to test out so I can re-tape without a bulging corner
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It never intimidates me but I ABSOLUTELY hate fixing other peoples’ drywall installations. Unfortunately, my finished basement done by the previous homeowner looks like a bunch of 5 years old did the drywall. Having done auto body for a stint, drywall comes easy to me. It still takes some practice though.
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Thank you I’m here and ready to learn to help a elderly family member. That’s a senior who needs work done on her house.
3 months ago
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Drywall is by far the most challenging part of DIY renovations for me. Everywhere I’ve done drywall in my house, no matter how slow I’ve gone, and patient I’ve been, it always comes out pretty terrible. Even when I’ve done a great job patching, taping, and mudding, I can’t blend the texture correctly.
3 months ago
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Making seemless patches/repairs when an area may not be really level. I recently replaced an old bathroom vent fan in a home I just bought and its opening was 8x8 and I could NOT find a fan to match. It was either 7x7.5 or 9x10 (roughly). I went with the smaller size because I didn't have the space to make a larger opening (though that would have been my preference). So I was forced to fill in the gaps with new drywall, but the old ceiling drywall was noticeably thicker than the new piece I had for the patch. I made it work, but if there's any tricks or tips/techniques to do this easier/better that would be great!
3 months ago | 0
Doing the dreaded Orange peel finish, but not the thick one but the one that is more subtle and smooth. How do you achieve that??
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Cutting it to the right size and shape. Holding it up to screw it in. The hard parts of the job.
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I am most interested in learning how to demo / remove a section of drywall to either put a small access door to attic space or do mold remediation for example and then replace drywall panel and make it look seamless
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