Hang Walls From Top Down or Bottom Up?

TomBrooklyn

Do you hang walls from the top down, or bottom up?

Tim0282

Top down, or you will have a gap at the top instead of at the bottom. Walls are a little over 8' and 9'.

joepro0000

Yes top down!

TomBrooklyn

Ahhh sooo.

wnybassman

Although there are those times we will start from the bottom and work up, such as the end walls of vaulted/cathedral ceilings. Always works out better for us doing it that way

joepro0000

Yes, and also on demising walls in commerical jobs, we start off at the bottom.

cody k

YEA TOP DOWN UNLESS U HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A 16 FOOT WALL THEN I WOULD PROLY START WIT A 34in rip it all depends tho

gazman

Found this old thread.
I feel sorry for you guys, here in Au we start at the bottom first as we use cornice around the wall/ceiling junction so it does not matter if there is a gap.

SlimPickins

That cornice looks pretty small, are you expected to fill the recess?

moore

That's some gravy hanging. Looks like the edge of cornice Is right on the edge of the recess. HEY ,,,, the gap has to go somewhere ,, top,middle or bottom,,, had a green tell me this once. The gap has to go somewhere dude.I just walked away grinning .

SlimPickins

I didn't notice the recess on the "top" sheet, you're right...Doesn't look like it gets filled either

gazman

Just got that pic off the net to show what I meant. The cornice genaraly covers the recess, 75mm cove is probably the most popular here.
So yes it is gravy compared to what you have to do.

cazna

55mm is our most used, and it sits slightly above the shoulder sometimes, Easy fixed with one swipe of topping once coved.

Kiwiman

Here in NZ the general rules are the ceilings first then top wall sheet hard against the ceiling, then the bottom sheet, that way the top and bottom sheets aren't compressed together, they also have to be 10mm off the floor, the builders that actually give a cr@p use sheets that are tapered on one side only so there's no problems with cornice or skirting covering the taper.

SlimPickins

Now THAT sounds like the way it should be done.

Capt-sheetrock

In the south (where everything is like 150 years behind everyone else) even if there is crown moulding, we still have tape the corner to prevent bug movement and stop the flow of air moving from the ground to the ceiling, like I said we ARE behind the times but down here the heat still rises and it will flow up the wall cavity and out around the moulding, leaving black (smoke like looking stains) on the wall after a year or two.

2buckcanuck

Same thing here, they call it a WEATHER SEAL

Then, they still want you finish it, just in case the home owner (purchaser) changes their mind. When money gets tight, the crown mold is the 1st thing they drop.

So were behind 150 years too

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evolve991

Couldn'cha just save up all the gaps in a bucket and use them when you need a door opening? duuude

Kiwi that's what I consider "normal" hanging except for the lack of recess at the bottom which must make it sweeet for the trim guys. On oddball ceiling heights,high rooms and crazy angles we start with a rip (half inch off the floor...use a scrap rip to sit on) and stack on up. It helps especially when you have to break the sheets...none of that Charlie Brown zig zag

PS: A 32" rip puts the next rolled edge at a nice 80" and keeps the joint off the headers/jackstuds...then 128" usually tops out or runs across the arc windows/etc rather than on that big ugly header.

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Kiwiman

Thats where our gibcove/cornice would kill 2 birds with one stone, weather seal and crown moulding in one hit, I charge the same price as taping the angle... they go for cornice nearly every time.

gazman

You are ripping yourself off Kiwiman. We charge $4.00 Lm extra for square set. They pick cove nearly all of the time, and when they dont YOU GET SOME CREAME.