Help with angled stairway walls
#1
10-21-13, 10:30 AM
Help with angled stairway walls
My husband and I are drywalling our stairway and need some help on laying out the drywall. We need to drywall on top of the existing stairway skirt (it is pretty thick and continues below the stairs. The only way to pull it out is to tear out the stairs) so the wall is angled on top and bottom. I've attached a picture of what it looks like so you can see.
We're just not sure how to lay out the drywall. Should we do the sections vertically or horizontally? Should they be laid out on an angle so they are resting on the skirt board (which will mean the first and last pieces are cut to match the top and bottom angle)? Should they be laid horizontally and level (which doesn't make much sense to me but there is probably something I'm missing).
Any help is GREATLY appreciated since this one has me stumped. I've tried to Google it without much luck.
Thanks!
vonata
We're just not sure how to lay out the drywall. Should we do the sections vertically or horizontally? Should they be laid out on an angle so they are resting on the skirt board (which will mean the first and last pieces are cut to match the top and bottom angle)? Should they be laid horizontally and level (which doesn't make much sense to me but there is probably something I'm missing).
Any help is GREATLY appreciated since this one has me stumped. I've tried to Google it without much luck.
Thanks!
vonata
#2
10-21-13, 10:58 AM
Normally you hang the top pieces first. Is the ceiling level or at an angle? You also need to make sure the ends each piece of drywall lands on a stud so you can secure it. Whenever it takes multiple pieces of drywall it's standard practice to install the drywall horizontally.
#3
10-21-13, 11:11 AM
Nope, the top angle matches the bottom one. So would I install the pieces like this?
I would need to make sure they started and ended on a stud like you said and then fill in the triangular holes left with cut pieces?
Thanks so much for your quick reply!!
I would need to make sure they started and ended on a stud like you said and then fill in the triangular holes left with cut pieces?
Thanks so much for your quick reply!!
#5
10-21-13, 03:33 PM
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If the top and bottom are both angled, that one time I would install it vertical so I only had two angle cuts to make. That would make about 75% less cuts and seams then the picture you posted.
#6
10-21-13, 03:47 PM
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Using a 4' straight edge/level draw a perfectly level line and measure onto that line a 48" section and make a hash mark. Take your level and draw a vertical plumb line from the points referenced at points zero" and 48". Measure from the line vertically to the ceiling at the zero mark and write that number down. Measure from the 48" mark to the ceiling and write that down. The difference in the two numbers will remain constant and is your drop from the peak to the end of each sheet of drywall.
With this number you can take each sheet of drywall and measure down the right hand side of the sheet by the drop and draw a line from there to to the upper left most corner. On the left side of the sheet, measure the overall distance from the skirt to the ceiling in a perfectly vertical line and mark your left side of the sheet. Transfer that measurement to the right side of the sheet and subtract down your drop number to get the whole sheet angled top and bottom to the slope of the stairwell.
As previously mentioned, be sure to take start the first sheet such that it splits a stud so you have a nailing surface on both ends of each adjacent sheet.
With this number you can take each sheet of drywall and measure down the right hand side of the sheet by the drop and draw a line from there to to the upper left most corner. On the left side of the sheet, measure the overall distance from the skirt to the ceiling in a perfectly vertical line and mark your left side of the sheet. Transfer that measurement to the right side of the sheet and subtract down your drop number to get the whole sheet angled top and bottom to the slope of the stairwell.
As previously mentioned, be sure to take start the first sheet such that it splits a stud so you have a nailing surface on both ends of each adjacent sheet.
