Other stories by Myron Ferguson

• Q&A: Rejuventating Aged Drywall

  Q: My company is converting a garage with drywall on its walls and ceiling into living space.The joints have been taped with one coat of mud, but some of the tape is dry and loose, and the drywall's paper surface — which was never primed — has darkened an

• Q&A: Is All Drywall Mud the Same?

  Q. My drywall sub's crew members ran out of mud before they were able to finish the third coat of a recent project. But when the local lumberyard delivered three buckets of the familiar green-labeled compound, the two tapers refused to use it and instead drove nearly an hour round-trip to pick up...

• Q&A: How to Tape a Knee Wall

  Q. As a remodeler, I've hung and taped my share of drywall on small jobs, but knee walls and sloped ceilings always give me a problem. I'm never able to get a really straight joint on these irregular inside corners. How do the pros do it?

• Q&A:Drywall Orientation in Tall Rooms

  Q. I am about to install drywall in a workshop with 9-foot ceilings, and I don't see why I should install it the traditional way, horizontally. Why not buy 10-foot sheets, cut off one foot, and hang the board vertically? This would put all the butt seams

• Favorite Drywall Tools & Accessories

  A professional rocker shares the tools and techniques that make for a professional drywall job.

• Reducing Drywall Callbacks

  A drywall contractor explains the techniques and materials he uses to prevent nail pops and visible seams.