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I have the opportunity to purchase sheet rock that has some damaged corners for about one third of the price of regular sheets. As much of the sheet rock will have to be cut is this a good idea ? We are building a new home so it could be a substantial savings. Our contractor said do it, another contractor (who also has a kitchen cabinet business) says he would not. What do you think? Thanks
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KSMD,
A lot depends on how bad the damage is and how your installer plans to run the rock. Do the sheets have at least one good edge? How deep into the sheets does the damaged corner go?
You could railroad the sheets (run them horizontally) and put damaged edge at the bottom and cover with baseboard if you are using large enough baseboard.
If you would have to cut and use butt seams in visible areas, I wouldn't do it, as it takes substantially more labor to tape a butt-seam well as opposed to a seam made from two tapered edges.
Steve Zerby
*damaged sheetrock wont seem like any kind of a bargain.... when you get the finishers bill.. buy the sheetrock from the vendor that your drywall contractor likes the most... and pay the extra couple of hundred dollars up front... you will enjoy the job alot more the 2nd time you paint your house....
*Depends on how bad the corners are damaged. During hauling and installation corners and edges get dinged all the time. I am always getting a couple of sheets that are banged up and the go up just like the rest. This is not because I'm cutting corners, I just have not found it to matter. I'm also not talking about a 1' chunk of corner missing either, unless I can cut it off. If you have to turn 8' boards into 6', forget it.
*Labor is typically 80% of the cost of any project. Any material that causes you to increase labor is no savings at all. I buy the absolute highest quality material, and I find that I save labor costs by not having to screw with all the crap. Anyway, that's one man's opinion.
*Scooter,Depends on where you live. In depressed Central New York, labor is more like 50% of the cost.Steve
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I have the opportunity to purchase sheet rock that has some damaged corners for about one third of the price of regular sheets. As much of the sheet rock will have to be cut is this a good idea ? We are building a new home so it could be a substantial savings. Our contractor said do it, another contractor (who also has a kitchen cabinet business) says he would not. What do you think? Thanks