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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: Drywall Repair Questions
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 00:39:29 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.003929.15551@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Dec29.143654.12316@nynexst.com>
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- In article <1992Dec29.143654.12316@nynexst.com> smierch@fun.com writes:
-
- >1) Nails are backing out of the drywall.
- >
- >Is driving a ring-shank nail next to it, pulling it out and filling the hole
- >the only alternative? Hadn't ring-shank nails been invented as of 1964?
- >Or should I use drywall screws?
-
- My house went up in '55, so you may not have the problems I do, however,
- I find that the old sheet rock has dried out enough to get crumbly. This
- makes it a poor idea to use sheet rock screws - the bugle heads are too
- small and punch right through. What I do here is to drive in a ringed
- sheet rock nail right beside the old nail so that the head of the new
- nail overlapps that of the old one. Then spackle the new dimple.
-
- I found ringed nails difficult to find in this area. The fellow at the
- hardware store at which I finally located them told me that the locals
- don't like the ringed nails because the heads are smaller than the nails
- normally sold here as "sheet rock nails". Personally, I think the ringed
- nails are more expensive (partly because you can't buy them here in bulk)
- and they're just cutting costs.
-
- Whatever. I found the ringed nails used for virtually all rock work in
- the South by 1972, but here in New Jersey, they still use unringed nails
- in most new construction.
-
- >2) In a couple places where drywall sheets butt together, the horizontal
- > joint is visible as a raised line on the wall.
- >
- >What was this caused by? Bad taping job? Improper hanging? Is there
- >anything I can do to correcte the problem?
-
- This is caused by age. Even a properly taped joint will eventually show
- up when the joint compound has dried enough. Usually the joints of the
- untapered ends of the rock show more than the tapered edge joints.
-
- If you're any good at taping rock, you can fix this by lightly sanding
- the area for six inches or so on each side of the joint and applying a
- new layer of sheet rock compound. The sanding is optional (I don't do it,
- myself). Whatever you do, *don't* sand into the original paper tape of
- the joint.
-
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- George Patterson - | that there is no distinctly native American criminal
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