Drywall installation in enclosed porch
#1
10-15-18, 07:46 PM
Drywall installation in enclosed porch
Hello,
I am renovating an enclosed porch and getting ready to have drywall installed. My concern is that the joists are not completely level and the ceiling will look wavy. Room is 13.6 x 22.6. There will be 6 lights and a ceiling fan centered in room. My normal drywall guy won't check for level, just hang and finish. Ceiling is out no more than 1/2". Carpenter told me it will not make ceiling look wavy if it is left the way it is and drywall hung. Don't want to put out $ to drywall and then have it look weird. Opinions appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I am renovating an enclosed porch and getting ready to have drywall installed. My concern is that the joists are not completely level and the ceiling will look wavy. Room is 13.6 x 22.6. There will be 6 lights and a ceiling fan centered in room. My normal drywall guy won't check for level, just hang and finish. Ceiling is out no more than 1/2". Carpenter told me it will not make ceiling look wavy if it is left the way it is and drywall hung. Don't want to put out $ to drywall and then have it look weird. Opinions appreciated. Thanks in advance.
#4
10-16-18, 03:34 AM
It's not really a drywall hangers job to fix uneven framing. I'd either sister on to the existing ceiling joists [that set too high] to make them all level or install strapping across the joists, shimming where needed.
#5
10-16-18, 01:45 PM
I understand the sistering and or strapping. It is just another cost that would be added on to a never ending project. Carpenter is not dumb, he is under the assumption the drywall installers would shim or realize that something needed to be done if they blew a screw threw the drywall sheet.
#6
10-16-18, 01:58 PM
Your carpenter is there to see it while we are not but an 1/2" can be noticeable. A lot depends on where the discrepancies are. As you know it's cheaper to fix now than it would be to do it later.
#7
10-16-18, 06:32 PM
Group Moderator
Any carpenter should know that you don't trust a Drywaller to shim a ceiling. That's a carpenters job before the Drywaller gets there. And yeah... I would argue that he's not too bright if he thinks otherwise.
