New drywall against existing walls

Posted by aemeijers on October 20, 2009, 11:50 pm

hr(bob) hofmann@att.net wrote:

>>> snip<
>>> But since it is too late for that, what Colbyt said. Biggest problem
>>> will be that inside corner wanting to crack with weather changes.

>> Maybe finish it with a tidy cove molding nailed just to one side.
>> Joe

>
> Why would dropping the ceiling cause you to have to buy a new door??

He didn't drop the ceiling. He replaced a floor-to-ceiling closet door
with a normal 6'8" closet door, which required doing something to cover
the gaping hole in the wall above it.

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aem sends...

Posted by benick on October 21, 2009, 9:34 pm

>>I brought the height of my closet down from 96"to 80" (easier to purchase
>> doors). In doing so I had to place new drywall against an existing
>> painted
>> and fished wall. Do I tape the joint between the new drywall and existing
>> wall and if so will the tape show through mud and paint on the existing
>> wall.
>> What do i need to do tp prep the existing surfice, should I have bevelled
>> the old existing wall?
>> -------------------------------------
>> Walleyefreak

> Not if you properly finish the wall with a wide feathered edge. I have
> joined old to new many times. It just takes a little more skill and
> effort.
> Colbyt

Ditto...Patience and multiple coats...However many it takes to look good to
you....Good luck....

Posted by Lp1331 1p1331 on October 24, 2009, 12:39 am

Had a similar situation with my folk's house in 1995. We moved the door
from a bedroom closet to the hallway. I put in studs and drywall in the
old opening. For some odd reason that bedroom ( the smallest of the
three, also my old room) had two closets--one on either side of the
room. We did the modification to use that closet for the central air I
put in. Anyway,my mother (then 65y/o) taped. floated, textured and
painted it, and you couldn't tell by looking at it that it wasn't that
way since the house was built. I live about 250 miles away and had to
get back home after finishing the a/c install, so I wasn't there when
she did it. I don't know how long it took or exactly how she did it,
but the average pro probably wouldn't have done as good a job. Larry

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