Finish interior walls with drywall or gypsum wallboard for painted walls.
Interior concrete wall covered with drywall.
Made largely from paper and gypsum drywall is cheap to manufacture and equally cheap to purchase.
The last stage is especially notorious for the clouds of fine dust it creates.
Covering up these blocks will greatly improve the aesthetics of your interior living space.
Attach drywall or gypsum wallboard panels to interior exposed icf walls using drywall screws.
Many of today s houses use drywalls for their interior wall covering.
Since drywall is dense it is excellent at slowing the transmission of sound.
If you are finishing a basement or if you live in a house that is built entirely of concrete blocks you may be faced with the unsightly presence of an interior wall made of exposed concrete blocks.
You can cover large areas for little money.
While it s cheap and easier to work with than other materials drywall installation remains a tough process that involves taping mudding and sanding.
Adding 2 inch thick insofast panels will.
Most homes use drywall as a wall covering and for good reason.
Drywall can be attached to them directly without the need for studs.
Cover the drywall or wallboard panels with 3 thin coats of joint compound letting each coat dry for 24 hours before applying the next.
Drywall produces a hollow sound when you bump it and doesn t hold well to water damage or.
Drive three concrete nails spaced at even intervals through each side of each hat channel.
Drywall is usually attached to wall studs with 2 inch drywall screws using an electric drill with a driver bit installed.
Use concrete nails and a concrete nail gun to attach the hat channels to the wall after drawing a plumb line to make sure you ve spaced the hat channels properly for the size of drywall and insulation you re using.