Tips For Hanging Drywall On Ceiling By Yourself

Drywall is heavy awkward and hard to get into position.

Tips for hanging drywall on ceiling by yourself.

If you re hanging your sheets horizontally measure 48 down from the ceiling and place a mark on two studs. Attaching it to the ceiling is even tougher almost impossible if you are doing the job yourself. You re essentially making a ledge on which to rest a large piece of wallboard. That way the wall pieces support the ceiling pieces.

Insert one drywall screw deep enough into each stud to hold your piece of wallboard. Professionals always do the lids ceilings first. To make it a lot easier pony up for a drywall lift. The hardest part is getting it attached to the ceiling without a helping hand.

Hanging drywall is an essential construction step when re doing a room in your home or office or building an entirely new structure. I strongly prefer the second method and only did the first method to show you an extra. Mark the joist position on the wall or framing. One more thing this mark should indicate the center of the joist because two drywall pieces get screwed into one joist to create a drywall seam.

Don t worry there are only a few extra steps to successfully installing drywall by yourself. Hanging drywall over your head is no fun. Hanging drywall is an arduous task. If you want to hang new drywall over an old ceiling you first need to find the joists.

Now a word for you rookies. Hanging drywall can be a difficult task to achieve alone especially for first time diyers. This video shows you two ways to install ceiling drywall by yourself.