Hanging Drywall On Crooked Walls

How to tile an uneven wall.

Hanging drywall on crooked walls.

One effective method for creating a flat surface for ceiling drywall is to install strapping to the joists then fastening the drywall to the strapping. You hang it on the studs. Hanging drywall in a bare room where you re down to the studs it s simple. Many walls are somewhat uneven.

How to fix uneven joists before drywall. Hides uneven studs hanging horizontally also allows the drywall to flow over the framing so that bowed studs create less of a problem. Both will create bulges that cause gaps around floor trim. In new construction home building you hang drywall on studs and presumably all of the drywall edges meet perfectly with each other and with all the window and door trim.

Lippage can be eliminated on most walls by hanging new drywall or backerboard before tiling. An exterior wall though presents another opportunity. Adding to or taking away from framing is a time saving solution compared with completely removing all uneven wall studs. Uneven studs will result in uneven walls.

The studs in your wall must be flush to hang drywall evenly. When you lay wall molding such as baseboard trim against a wall and see gaps between the top of the wall trim and the drywall it s usually because of a misaligned stud or a built up ridge of taping compound over a joint. If the drywall were hung vertically and a seam placed on a bowed out stud the seam would be magnified because of the bump in the wall. You can fix this situation without reconstructing your framing by simply adding to it or taking away from it.

If the carpenters have framed the walls properly the drywall installers will have a perfect surface for installing drywall. If the wall studs are uneven the finished wall can look wavy unless you take action during the drywall panels installation to minimize the problem. If you re tiling directly onto the wall.