High ceiling drywall install
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Zeke
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Get a rolling scaffold. You'll need it for taping anyway. With enough platform you can use the lift.
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That's the way it's done. Roll the scaffold into position, boost a sheet up, hold it in position, nail it up. Takes two people.
That's the way it's done. Roll the scaffold into position, boost a sheet up, hold it in position, nail it up. Takes two people.
trbomax
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I'd modify the post on the lift. I have extensions for mine but Ive never used them as I only needed 14'
theoldwizard1
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This sounds like a dumb question but I have never hung any drywall.
Do you use standard 1/2" drywall on ceilings or something else ?
Do you use standard 1/2" drywall on ceilings or something else ?
IDASHO
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5/8 is standard.
Though you can use 1/2 if your rafter spacing is 16" or narrower.
Though you can use 1/2 if your rafter spacing is 16" or narrower.
clkimmel
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Does anyone have a suggestion for installing it?
Pay someone to do it!
Pay someone to do it!
Steevo
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Does anyone have a suggestion for installing it?
Pay someone to do it!
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It isn't worth it to do it yourself, unless you have two 20-something sons you can force to do the work.
jeep63
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I did my high ceiling with the help of my brother. He helped me to hang it, but was not into helping mud & tape it. I used a rolling scaffold. It was terrific to have that set 'on loan' while I was finishing the inside of my garage.
Toolfool
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I recently paid two professional hangers $1200 to supply and hang 32 sheets of 5/8" 4'x12' drywall on my shop ceiling (10' to 14' high). Took them 6 hours. Money well-spent.
rwhite692
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+another 1...
5/8" sheetrock, at that height, is very difficult to work with, even if you have a team of guys and the best drywall lift / scaffolding that money can buy.
When I built my 24x36, which has a "cathedral" type ceiling, I did all of the drywall work myself...
except for the ceiling.
A local guy charged me $800 bucks to supply the rock, hang it and tape it, ready for light texture (which I did later). He also did the "triangle" sections at each end.
They (team of 3 guys) did the whole thing in 12 foot long sheets. In one day.
If I had done it myself it would have taken me a month of Sundays, immense amounts of back pain, and probably would not have come out nearly as nice.
And, I'd now be trying to get rid of a $400 drywall lift (forget about using those $149.99 lifts for a job like this, it ain't gonna happen)
Think long and hard about how much money you will actually save, and whether it is truly worth it.
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camarotoolman
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Its not to hard if your rent a "high/low" lift. It goes up ,down, and drives around, control ed from the top. 1 guy on the ground doing the cutting 2 others on top hanging. but i agree with the others, just hire it out, because of the economy people work alot cheaper than a few years ago.
38Chevy454
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The lift is what I rented to do my (only) 12 ft high ceiling. A friend and i did the job, takes 2 people and is hard work. Lift made it easier to a point, but this work was not for two 46 year olds. Drywall needs to come with an age warning - only for 30 and under.
Installing was hard work, the mud and tape was even less fun. Sanding could be done for most part with a long extension pole and no lift needed.
Unless you really have to do it yourself, take my and other's advice and hire it done.
rwhite692
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foss
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My is 15', I did it with scafolding and 2 buddies.