Drywall on the Ceiling not Attached

[OldracerJones]

Need ideas. I have drywall on the ceiling where one piece is attached and one isn't. The one that isn't is sagging. They are butted up against each other with drywall tape over the seam. I removed the tape and can see that one entire edge is not screwed into the stud at the join edge.

How can I secure the unattached piece without replacing it?

 

[DekeT]

Drywall screws.

 

[camarotoolman]

If you can get to it from above, nail a 2x4 to the truss, then renail or rescrew. Tape and mud.

 

[rabidsquirrel]

Am I missing something here? Run screws up through it, tape, and paint.

 

[allinon72]

I think what he means is the one side is taking up the entire stud, leaving nothing for the other side to secure to.

 

[bdkruger1]

Drywall screws.

That's the best laugh I've had today ! Thanks.

 

[OldracerJones]

One side is taking up the entire stud so I can't use screws. One of the suggestions was to go topside and attach a support stud then screw the drywall to that. I think I can get up there so i'll try that. Thanks for the help.

 

[trbomax]

If you can get to it and put a sister in,do not nail it. the nailing will move things around,pop screws and crack adjacent joints. use screws and if you can, adhesive on both sides of the sister.

 

[rlitman]

I don't think that using a pneumatic framing nailer would cause any issues, but certainly hammering in nails would move things around way too much.

 

[Falcon67]

Sister with a 2x4, screw it to the joist and screw the drywall to the sister. I'll have a lot of this in the shop, 24" OC is not always exactly 24" LOL.

 

[Chaz]

In my old shop the former owner overlapped the sheets so they'd both hit the framing.
I spent a fortune in mud and tape getting that to look decent. About a month and 17 layers of mud later it looked OK.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

In my old shop the former owner overlapped the sheets so they'd both hit the framing.
I spent a fortune in mud and tape getting that to look decent. About a month and 17 layers of mud later it looked OK.

Would have been easier to bite the bullet and remove the improperly installed sheetrock and simply re do it.

Charles

 

[Chaz]

Would have been easier to bite the bullet and remove the improperly installed sheetrock and simply re do it.

Charles

I considered that briefly till I realized there was a foot and a half of blown in insulation above it.and only another 2 feet of open space above that to the roof. I'm 63 yrs old and dont crawl through tight spaces as easily as I did 25 years or so ago. Sometimes there's just no easy way. I could have just left it alone and it still would have been fuctional, but everytime I looked up there it just graveled my *** to think that someone would lay rock like that.
I just looked at it as being my punishment for being so ****.

 

[astropuppy]

Screw a 2X6 into the rafter from below. Paint with a contrasting color for a beamed ceiling look. Crawling around in insulation is bad for your health!