Best Method for Hanging drywall on a 13 ft high wall?

[bagsanthony]

Going back and forth - the ceiling is already installed. This is for a 13 ft high pole barn wall. I have horizontal 2x4s run to support the drywall (on the face of the 6x6 pole barn posts)

I was leaning towards installing the drywall vertically, starting at the ceiling and working my way down. This would eliminate running horizontally and having an extra 1 ft seam which would mean four sheets of drywall to make up the 13 ft wall. Any feedback is appreciated as I 've only ever done this work in a standard house setting. thanks

 

[75gmck25]

If you have a truck long enough to haul it, 12 foot drywall is a standard product from commercial supply stores. You could install it vertically and have only one horizontal seam near the top or bottom. A bottom seam would only be one foot off the floor, so really easy to reach for taping and floating. YMMV

How far apart are the barn posts, and how far between the horizontal 2x4's?

 

[bagsanthony]

If you have a truck long enough to haul it, 12 foot drywall is a standard product from commercial supply stores. You could install it vertically and have only one horizontal seam near the top or bottom. A bottom seam would only be one foot off the floor, so really easy to reach for taping and floating. YMMV

How far apart are the barn posts, and how far between the horizontal 2x4's?

The standard 6x6 posts in the ground are 10 ft on center. Then a separate 2x6 was run in between. So every 5 ft there is a vertical support. The 2x4’s are 24 in on center

 

[jack stand]

Have you priced barn metal?
By the time you hang, scrap out, finish (3+ trips across it) prime and paint drywall..... then most drywall looks like **** in about 8-10 years because of the moisture.
The metal won't care about the inadequate framing for 1/2" board, (use 5/8 green board) and
even if you're metal costs a bit more your long term results will be much better and you'll never have to mess with it again.

 

[ltusler]

You can usually get the metal panels pre cut to length as well.

 

[djbmw]

Generally horizontal is preferred on walls as you're less likely to notice any "waves" from studs that are slightly out of alignment. Having said that, how long are your walls? That will help us also determine how many **** joints you have, and where they would be.

Ive ran drywall vertical - but those were in a residential setting where the room was only 12' long and 8' ceilings. In that case, 8x4 sheets worked well. I havent noriced any waves either... but I made damn sure the studs were perfect before starting, and shimmed where needed.

Finally, I assume you have a drywall lift that can reach those heights?.. most are 11' from your general suspects and the taller ones are a bit more costly.