Wallboard
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Prepare to Paint… with a razor blade. It's your call. If your home was built after 1940, chances are the walls and ceilings are made of wallboard , also called plasterboard or drywall. These are rigid, factory-made sandwich panels (usually 4 feet wide) nailed to …
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Expert Advice: Sealer Secrets… grained woods such as oak and maple. Bare woods, such as redwood, that bleed through or discolor paint. Large areas of wallboard joint compound or patching plaster. Masonry surfaces like unglazed brick, cinder block, and concrete. Metal surfaces …
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Your Guide to Painting Tools… wood putty or spackling compound. Use this rigid blade to apply and smooth wall compound on a large area or to re-tape wallboard joints. It also can be used to remove old paint and wallpaper. Keep these on hand for smoothing repaired walls and increasing …
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Wiring Metal Raceways… to the wall. Where possible drive screws into studs for solid mounting; otherwise use plastic anchors to attach screws to wallboard . Insert black, white, and green wires into the channels and secure them with the clips provided. Leave about 8 inches …
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Preparing and Repairing Walls… both edges of each stud. If you don't have a stud finder, probe the wall by tapping a long finishing nail through the wallboard until you find both edges of one stud. Mark its center. The remaining studs should be found at 16- or 24-inch intervals …
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Preparing Trim… Instead of removing the paint, isolate it or seal it off. Apply new drywall over an existing wall or float the wall with wallboard compound. Surface replacement: Remove and replace woodwork and moldings that have been painted with lead paint. New paint …
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Sound Proof Walls and Firewalls… spacing them 16 inches on center. The channel's design minimizes the amount of direct contact between the studs and the wallboard . Install the first layer of drywall vertically, screwing it to the channels. To achieve the best sound control, make each …
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How to Cut in an Electrical Box (with Router) through Drywall… possible in the electrical box. Hang the sheet of drywall, but keep all fasteners about 16 inches away from the box so the wallboard won't crack when you make the cut. Mark the approximate centerpoint of the box and plunge the running bit at this mark …
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Gypsum and Cement Backerboards… and shape. For straight cuts, you simply use a sharp utility knife to score, snap, and cut just as you do with gypsum wallboard . A jab saw makes internal cutouts. Be aware that the board has a face side a different color from the back. Follow the …
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How to Remove Moisture from Your Home… buildup in the walls can dampen insulation and rot wood framing. If left too long, excess dampness can produce mold-stained wallboard , water-soaked insulation, or rotten wood framing that needs replacing. Here are ten steps you can take. Perhaps it will …
