How To Hang Drywall On Ceiling

3 8 inch is best to cover existing walls.

How to hang drywall on ceiling. If you re hanging your sheets horizontally measure 48 down from the ceiling and place a mark on two studs. These lines correspond to the 1x3 strapping screwed to ceiling joists. One more thing this mark should indicate the center of the joist because two drywall pieces get screwed into one joist to create a drywall seam.

You re essentially making a ledge on which to rest a large piece of wallboard. Steps on how to hang drywall 1. After the drywall sheets are up nail or screw.

Mark the joist position on the wall or framing. Measure and cut drywall for the ceiling photo by david carmack. If the panel doesn t span the entire ceiling its end must land on the center of a strapping piece or joist.

This means working with the largest drywall panels and pieces you can. 1 use a drywall t square to draw lines onto drywall sheet 16 in. Hanging drywall can be a difficult task to achieve alone especially for first time diyers.

The long sides of the panels. If you want to hang new drywall over an old ceiling you first need to find the joists. Drywall comes in three basic thicknesses.

Standard panels come in 4 foot widths and 8 10 and 12 foot lengths. 2 mark onto the drywall the location of any lights or vents in the ceiling. To determine where the first panel s end will land measure out from a corner perpendicular to the strapping or the joists.