Today we began a small repair in West Seneca NY involving a drywall ceiling in a garage. There were missing drywall panels, and an area where the homeowner stepped through the ceiling.
Initially we were going to use the drywall lift to make our lives easier, however due to the rails for the overhead garage doors, it wasn’t going to work. So, instead of man-handling a 4×8′ sheet, in a confined space, we decided to cut the drywall into easier to manage pieces.
We always use moisture resistant drywall for all of our drywall work. Because we do a lot of water damage repairs, if it leaked once-.. Plus the cost difference between regular drywall, and moisture resistant drywall is only a couple dollars per sheet. We feel its worth the extra cost.
We squared off the hole from where the homeowner stepped through the ceiling, to make patching it easier.
We are not repairing the rest of the ceiling, we are only filling in the holes, and then priming our patchwork. The homeowners are moving, so they just wanted the garage ceiling to look somewhat presentable. Otherwise we would have repaired the poorly installed drywall tape from another contractor.
More to come!
