Taping Stilts

Taping Stilts

If you have ever finished a basement or done any interior construction you will know that it takes balance, skill and patience to put up drywall. Doing it yourself is rewarding and it takes fines to finish out a basement. Aside from the framing and electrical conduit work being run throughout the structure placing drywall correctly then mudding and taping the seems and covering up the nail indentations takes more than a little bit of practice. Trickier still than mudding and taping is hanging drywall ceilings, which requires the use of small scaffolds or stilts to complete.

Just like Michael Angelo painting the Sistine Chapel on his back, hanging drywall on a ceiling may require the laborer to lie on his back and hammer the nails into place, adding to the difficulty of this task is the weight and pressure of the drywall that is suspended overhead. Drywall contractors in Albany, New York have mastered the technique of hanging drywall by using stilts that enable them to work in close proximity to the ceiling and balancing a sheet of drywall on their head while they hammer it into place. It is a potentially dangerous activity that requires strength and agility in maneuvering about under the drywall sheet.

After the mudding and taping of the drywall is complete the basement room is ready to receive an initial coat of primmer paint to completely cover the drywall and make it ready to painting or wallpaper to be applied. Once this step is completed trim is added and the room is ready to be utilized, assuming that holes were previously cut in the drywall for the electrical outlets and light switches.

Drywall Xchange (http://drywallxchange.com) is a directory website that bids and refers drywall contractors in Albany New York. Billings Farnsworth is a freelance writer.

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