Soundproofing: How to reduce noise from one floor to another or a room to another. Whether you live in a house, apartment or condo, noise from other floors can become a major problem. The solution is to Improve the soundproofing of your floors ,ceilings or walls. What Should you use? Insulation between the floor joist or wall studs. Resilient channels is also a key component.{not wood strapping} 5/8 Drywall at least one layer but 2 layers would help even more. Installing thes

Could Robots Hang Drywall? The Japanese Advanced Industrial Science and Technology release this video 6 months ago of the HRP-5P. In this video the robot steps up to a drywall pile picks up a drywall sheet and flip it. Then you can see HRP-5P walking to the partition wall and screwing the drywall with his screw gun arm. AIST imagines the HRP-5P being used in the construction industry in response to Japan’s aging population and it's construction skilled trade shortages. Could

Even for the drywall pros one of the most difficult part of the trade is to finish a butt-joint. The butt joint are the joint where two non-tapered ends of drywall meet on a stud or a backer board. The tapered joint provide a recess for the drywall tape and the joint compound. The butt joint on the other hand require a build up of drywall compound. It is imperative that all the butt joint are staggered during the installation. The butt joint need extra care before taping. The

In this video I will show you How to tape and glaze a drywall inside corner in 5 steps and 5 minutes. Using a compound tube and a Columbia inside corner applicator to apply the drywall compound . Taping the corner by applying the tape manually with a tape holder. Rolling the tape tight to the board with a inside corner roller. Glazing the tape with a 3" Columbia direct flusher. Wipe the 3 ways ceiling corner with a 6" putty knife. Thanks for watching.

You will need a few tools and a bit of material. Tools & Material Drywall cutting blade Drywall taping knife Screwdriver or Drill Trowel Measuring tape Tape or Fibafuse Drywall compound Drywall Drywall srews Wood for backing This hole was cause during the drywall delivery . As you can see in the picture on the right it is too big of a hole to be covered by a piece of tape . Step 1 Measure the size of the hole. Step 2 Cut the hole in a square or rectangular shape. Step 3 Add b

First, you will have to look over the drywall installation and do your small inspection. Look for big gap in drywall joints and peel off any paper that is loose. If any of the corners of wallboard are broken cut them with a drywall knife and prefill all the defiencies with a hard powder compound like Plaster of Paris,Quick set dry mud,or concrete fill. These materials will dry hard in only a few minutes and you will be able to start taping shortly. Remove all the screws that

First,let's introduce the different type of corner beads available out there. There is metal corners,paper face beads.laminated beads and plastic beads. After being in the drywall business for 30 years I have use them all. I will try to explain why I recommend to use certain type of corner beads in different situation. Perhaps you might like the bull nose beads then I would suggest you to use the plastic bull nose manufactured by Trim -Tex . Why ? Damage Control I find that