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Posted by S. Barker on January 6, 2008, 9:41 pm
All's you have to do is feather the mud back far enough to hide the change
in level.
s
>I am fixing some walls in my house that was built in 1971. In the
> entryway, there is a wall that is a story and a half. There are [were]
> two horizontal joints in the sheetrock and they always looked awful
> because they stuck out, i.e., they were slightly raised from the rest
> of the wall and the lighting above made them visually obvious.
>
> I have cut the joints out by removing the entire built up area which
> was about 16 inches wide (each seam). I plan to put in an entirely new
> piece of sheetrock. I want the joint to be perfectly matched to the
> level of the sheetrock so that it does not cast any shadow when
> lighted from above.
>
> If I use tape, the joint will end up being higher than the adjacent
> surface of the sheetrock. Question: Is there some other precision
> technique to finish these joints (was 2, now 4!) so that the surface
> is perfectly flush with the surface of the sheet rock?
>
> One thought: Strip the paper off the sheetrock either side of the
> joint for a distance equal to half the tape width to provide a
> depression for the tape and compound.
>
> How else might this be done successfully for a perfectly flush joint
> that won't crack over time?
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