“Mudding,” the process of applying multiple thin coats of drywall compound to the joints and screw indentations in newly hung drywall, sounds messy, and it is. When done correctly, the result is a ...

What did one wall say to the other wall? I’ll meet you in the corner. This trip back to first grade was necessary because we are going to talk about a new solution to one of the worst jobs in ...

Q: It’x x x s time to hang and finish some drywall in a small room. This room has a pipe chase in it, which means I have to finish an outside corner. I know how to do inside corners with tape, but ...

I hope most of us know that the solid walls in our homes are not solid at all but rather many individual boards blended together by applying paper tape and a material called joint compound. This ...

I’ve been helping my son finish the basement in his 3-year-old home. We can only work on Saturdays, some Fridays and any paid days off he can spare. It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to help my kids ...

Q-I am finishing a new room I built in my attic, using dry wall and taping all seams with paper tape and then using cement. I am having a problem with two outside corners. I folded the paper tape in ...

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