In Episode 5 of the "How to Finish a Basement" series, the focus is on drywall installation techniques to transform an ...

One of my biggest bugbears with drywall is taping the seams. It doesn't help that none of our walls or ceilings are flat and nothing ever lines up evenly. I typically use paper tape, but have ...

Go to the drywall section for everything else you ... Mark each joist location with a chalk line on the ceiling and with tape on the wall. Screw a 1/2-in. “mud ring” to any junction boxes ...

The drywall tape and mud will fill the small cracks you ... is placed perpendicular to the run of wall studs or ceiling joists. Ceilings are always hung first. They’re the hardest pieces ...

If you find yourself staring at damaged walls and ceilings in your home ... Step 1: Seams between sheets of drywall are hidden behind paper drywall tape and several thin layers of joint compound.

Before you spend too much time making it perfect, tear off some pieces of drywall tape and place the tape along all 4 sides of the edges of the patch. The edges should be overlapping. Depending on ...

Dear James: I just moved into an older house, and a lot of the drywall tape is coming loose and needs retaping. Why did it come loose, and how should I replace it? -- Randall N. Dear Randall ...