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Drywall

Hanging, taping, and finishing drywall ready for paint

Bright hallway with white walls, several white doors and light grey wood-look flooring laid at a diagonal.

Good drywall work disappears once the room is painted. We hang board with the right fastener pattern, build the joints up over several coats, match texture on repairs where we can, and contain dust so the rest of your home stays clean.

Typical timeline

Typically 3–10 days including drying time between coats. Your written contract sets the actual schedule.

Materials

  • Standard, moisture-resistant and fire-rated gypsum board
  • Joint compound suited to the coat schedule
  • Corner bead and texture materials

Avoid these

Common mistakes on this trade

Things worth watching for on any job, ours or someone else's.

01

Rushing coats

Joints are typically built up over several coats with drying time between each. Rushing shows up as seams under paint.

02

Ignoring raking light

Light from windows and fixtures reveals flaws. Checking the finish under the room's real lighting helps.

03

Wrong board type

Garages, baths and shared walls often call for fire- or moisture-rated board under the building code.

On site

How we typically work

  1. Step 01

    Hang

    Board fastened tight to framing at the right spacing.

  2. Step 02

    Tape

    Seams and corners taped and coated to build a flat surface.

  3. Step 03

    Feather

    Additional coats widened to blend joints into the wall.

  4. Step 04

    Texture and sand

    Sand smooth, or match the texture of existing walls.

What good looks like

Finished drywall — details worth noticing

A few photos from the trade, with what to look for in each one.

Room with drywall taped and mudded, floor covered in protective paper with blue tape, and a trowel on the floor.
Taped and mudded walls
View through a rough wooden doorway into a small room with partly drywalled, mudded walls and a bucket and wood scraps on a concrete floor.
Small room being drywalled
Small room with painted white walls and new light wood-look laminate floor; a work light and some debris remain on the floor.
Finished walls, cleanup still to do

Photos

Drywall: photos from job sites

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