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How to Finish Drywall Around a Shower Enclosure
Learn how to span gaps between your drywall and enclosure with Shower Bead.
Tradesperson Interview: Lydia Crowder, Drywaller
With nearly 20 years of experience, drywall finisher Lydia Crowder shares her favorite projects and tools and the work she does to educate others in the trade.
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Build or Build Not, There is No Try
There are always challenges to overcome in home building. Ian Schwandt reflects on how he adapted with changing timelines and cost challenges to successfully self-build an affordable high-performance home.
Getting Casing Miters Tight
Preassembling mitered casing, shimming the molding, or applying jamb extensions can fix the issue when the wall is thicker than the jamb.
Angle Your Drywall Knife for Best Results
While taping a butt joint intersecting with a window sill, Myron shows how different knife angles produce the right outcomes depending on what you are trying to achieve.
How to Use Drywall Stilts
Avoid dealing with ladders by learning how to climb into a pair of stilts to work on ceilings.
Flattening a Wall
Avoid removing drywall and shimming studs to remedy a recess in a wall by filling the low spot with setting compound.
Taping Drywall Ceilings
Myron Ferguson walks us through the proper sequence for taping seams on ceilings and includes helpful tips to achieve professional results.
4 Options for Drywall Joint-Compound
Myron introduces the most common types of drywall mud, and he explains where he uses them and why, depending on the needs of the specific job.

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