Is this a common practice with drywall?

[JimD1]

If I was to hang the drywall in a room 8'2" high, I'd probably hang horizontally and put the 2 inch piece in the center between the sheet edges. I'd cut it from the edge of a few sheets if possible. Then it is still just one, admittedly a bit wider, seam to tape.

The last hanging I did was seamed vertical and part of the room was about 8'6". I put a short piece at the bottom and had a **** seam to tape. Not that hard and not easy to see if you have an issue down against the floor.

I wish the worst thing I've found in my house was a 2 inch piece of drywall behind the base molding. How about a wall with no insulation, a window with no framing around it and wiring soldered together and taped? Also a ceiling of a large room with effectively no insulation (it was installed between the joists (for a flat ceiling area) and had a ridge vent at the top).

 

[checkthisout]

If I was to hang the drywall in a room 8'2" high, I'd probably hang horizontally and put the 2 inch piece in the center between the sheet edges. I'd cut it from the edge of a few sheets if possible. Then it is still just one, admittedly a bit wider, seam to tape.

The last hanging I did was seamed vertical and part of the room was about 8'6". I put a short piece at the bottom and had a **** seam to tape. Not that hard and not easy to see if you have an issue down against the floor.

I wish the worst thing I've found in my house was a 2 inch piece of drywall behind the base molding. How about a wall with no insulation, a window with no framing around it and wiring soldered together and taped? Also a ceiling of a large room with effectively no insulation (it was installed between the joists (for a flat ceiling area) and had a ridge vent at the top).

Or get 4 foot wide and a 54" wide sheet and cut as needed.

 

[TommyK]

You only hang vertically on metal studs because they have no crown. When you hang vertically on wood studs you are more likely to see every joint because of the highs and lows that are inherent to a wood framed wall due to the natural crown in the studs. A joint that falls on a stud that has slightly more crown than the adjoining studs will stick out like a sore thumb and is more difficult to tape. IMO the standard for residential finishes is usually higher than for a typical commercial tenent fit up or the "vanilla box" we used to do for building owner's.

When you hang horizontally the highs and lows are much less apparent.

Also, most metal stud jobs have suspended ceilings installed. On a wood stud job a taped joint at the ceiling would make the vertical tapered wall joints every 4 feet very noticeable.

I have done a lot of drywall on both residential and commercial jobs. I have hung thousands of sheets of 1/2" and 5/8" rock vertically, many times with 16' sheets. No **** joints is a good thing when you have to get up that high to tape.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Not arguing with anyone as I'm not a carpenter or a sheetrocker, but every building I have ever been in during construction had the rock hung vertically, regardless of commercial or residential.

Tommy