Preparing for Drywall for Garage Remodel

Series Summary

Home improvement projects can be some of the most rewarding—or most frustrating—tasks homeowners can tackle. Whether it's building a new deck, installing drywall, laying tile, or just fixing the toilet, home repair and maintenance can be done successfully with the proper tools and the right knowledge. The key to making your home improvement project relatively hassle-free is a tactic that has worked for ages: divide and conquer. With step-by-step instructions and safety procedures in hand, Sunday afternoons walking around the house with a screwdriver and a plan can resume.

In this free DIY project on video, learn how to drywall a new wall as part of a garage remodel. Our expert will explain what drywall is and how it works, with tips on how to prep the wall, calculate the amount of drywall you need, how to cut and hang drywall, mudding, sanding, taping and more. He’ll take you step-by-step through the process of creating a professional quality drywall that you can be proud of. Be sure to check out the series “How to Frame and Insulate a New Wall” to see how to install a new garage wall. You certainly know how to drywall it now!

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is John on behalf of Expert Village. In this video clip, I will be talking about preparing for drywall. Now that we've finished insulating our garage, we can go ahead and get ready for putting drywall up. You want to make sure that any inconsistencies in the wall are fixed here. This wall comes here and there's a lip to the second wall. When we put up drywall, that lip is going to show a bubble in the drywall, so we are going to have to knock this wall back a little bit or bring this wall forward a little bit. Next if you have any nails or other foreign objects on the wall that will keep the drywall from sitting flush, you need to make sure to remove those. Lastly if you are running any electrical, you need to make sure that you do that at this point because once the drywall is up, it is very, very difficult to run your electrical wires. "