If you’re an old-school carpenter, you’ve probably dismissed paper-faced drywall corner bead as an inferior DIY product. But once you try it, you’ll never go back. You’ll find paper-faced ...

Q: I was removing an ugly ceramic tile backsplash in my kitchen. Some of the drywall paper came off with the old glue. It looks horrible. A home center employee told me I have to put in new drywall.

DEAR TIM: I was removing an ugly ceramic tile backsplash in my kitchen. Some of the drywall paper came off with the old glue. It looks horrible. A home center employee told me I have to put in new ...

Q: I was removing an ugly ceramic tile backsplash in my kitchen. Some of the drywall paper came off with the old glue. It looks horrible. A home center employee told me I have to put in new drywall.

There may be a stub of drywall or a ripped piece of paper preventing a tight fit. Bradley Ford With the wood pulled tight to the drywall, drive your first screw. You can either pull the string ...

In most homes, it completely surrounds us side to side and overhead. We take for granted the wonderful finish, texture and ...

It seals the drywall paper so the wallpaper adhesive doesn’t soak in. For a painted but patched wall, a primer such as Roman’s Pro-999 rx-35 sealer/primer seals the patches, which otherwise ...

Try not to drive it in so far that it breaks through the drywall paper skin. Buy some drywall screws. Drill the proper size starter hole, next to the old nail hole, through the drywall and into ...

They fear that if they want to remove the paper, they’ll ruin the drywall surfaces. The truth, however, is that wallpaper is not to blame for this problem. Indeed, wallpaper of any type can be ...

The main root of modern drywall began when the Sackett Plaster Board company went on to develop SackettBoard around this time. It was made of alternating layers of plaster and wool felt paper ...