Drywall Installation and Repair Tricks and Techniques

Whether you prefer to call it drywall, wallboard or SHEETROCK® (registered trademark of USG Corporation), there's one thing we can all agree on... it's is one of the greatest inventions since the window!  Drywall has saved homeowners thousands of dollars not only in the initial cost of their homes but in the cost of repairs.  Over it's eight decades, drywall has evolved from a builder's money-and-timesaver to a do-it-yourselfer's dream!  Having great looking walls and ceilings no longer needed a skilled plaster tradesman.  Today, most any able-bodied homeowner can tackle a drywall installation or repair project. 

Below is our growing list of articles on installing, cutting, fixing and whatever-else-you-can-think-of to do with drywall!

But before we begin, let us bow our heads in a moment of grateful silence for The United States Gypsum Company, the inventor of  SHEETROCK® (which is USG's their proprietary name for their brand of drywall).  If you're interested, click HERE to read more about USG and their over 85 years of drywall manufacturing... enough drywall to travel to the moon and back 29 times!

Choose the right tools... for the "do-it-yourselfer"

Repairing a "small" hole in drywall

Repairing a "large" hole in drywall

Choosing, mixing and storing drywall compound... a.k.a. "Mud"

How to cut drywall

How to use a drywall "router" for cutting holes in drywall

How to install "paper-faced" corner bead

How to "1st coat" drywall corner bead

How to apply drywall tape for seams or repairs

How to coat drywall joints after taping

Applying drywall compound to nails and screws

Applying texture to drywall ceilings and walls, tutorials