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Thanks for the drawings Kevin and the corrections ot your previous posts. Things are a little clearer now. BTW, the direct links to the pics didn't work, but if you click on: http://www.gourdcraft.20m.com/kev It should bring up the page with both drawings, then you click on them for the...

Brett, Thanks, I didn't know we could do that! Now it looks like the way I meant it to. Kevin, I appreciate that you have more experience than I at this, but I have yet to hear from you exactly how the method you are proposing is superior to what I suggest. In fact, I don't really see how your...

Kevin, I don't see how your method avoids the problem you are describing with I suggest unless you are advocating cutting all edges to be square and that is something I would NOT recommend by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, I am not sure I understand exactly how you are saying to hang...

You have two options for screw guns: Buy or rent a dedicated drywall screwgun. It is custom made for that task and that tasks only and will do the best job. Here is a link to one at the Makita site: http://www.makitatools.com/product/tool.asp?MODEL=6825 Alternately, you can buy a drywall...

Aside from purchasing abook or checking out a web site, you may want to keep your eye out at your local Home Depot for one of their information sessions where the do some hands on training on various home improvement tasks, including hanging drywall. While it is far from indepth, it will at...

Kevin, I disagree with your interpretation of my comments and still stand by them. Hanging sheetrock is laborious work. It is repetitive and tiresome (which is my definition of grunt work). This does not mean it is easy. In the context of this thread, I think that my comments are appropriate...

Some of the tasks are easier than others, even if you have never done them before. There are basic framing principles that are easy to follow, and hanging sheetrock is simply tiring gruntwork. Mudding and sanding is more of an art - one I am afraid of screwing up when I go to do my HT. I am not...