We may have a job renovating a small back house at the Jersey shore. The building has no heat will staying cold all winter cause the taped joints to crack?
Thanks.
We may have a job renovating a small back house at the Jersey shore. The building has no heat will staying cold all winter cause the taped joints to crack?
Thanks.
There are a number of ways to achieve a level foundation and mudsill.
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uhhhhhh....No. They are tens of thousands of garages/shops that are unheated where the sheetrock is doing just fine.
Then GWB would work in a remote cabin w/o full time heat, unoccupied in winter, covers by 10' of snow?
What is GWB?
I suspect he meant "gypsum wall board", but I woudn't mind seeing the other GWB stuck in a remote cabin somewhere.
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Great! Thanks for all your help.
As long as the framing has dried and pretty much finished shrinking, the sheetrock should be OK.
Where at the Jersey shore? I just finished a job on LBI. But there they knocked down the old house and built a bigger, new one.
If the temperature/humidity changes are sufficient to cause large movements in the framing, it could crack the joints. I wouldn't expect this to be a problem on the Jersey shore, however, unless there's a leaky roof or some such that causes massive variations in moisture.
Would probably be wise to use hot mud, as moisture will soften premix.
Hi, Dan, Thanks for the advise. One question though what's hot mud and how do you make it? The back house is in Bradley Beach which is just south of Asbury Park and Ocean Grove in Mounmouth county.
"Hot mud" is slang for "setting" type joint compound -- the type that starts as a powder and will harden even if kept wet. A little harder to work with than your standard pre-mixed stuff, but a better choice where dampness is an issue.I suspect that it's called "hot mud" because a good-sized lump of the stuff will actually get warm as it sets, due to the chemical reaction going on, though the "hot" handle also suits it because you have to work fairly fast to apply it before it begins setting.
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. --James Madison
The sheetrock will absorb the water vapor or humidity prior to the winter months. When are you rocking it? As mentioned before, is this new framing or old. Did a house on the shore a while back in the middle of summer and it took 4 days for the 2nd coat of joint compound to dry because of the humidity and being so near to the water. Be careful with this one. once drywall is up humidity which is the 2nd leading cause of drywall must be curtailed.
What's the leading cause of drywall?
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. --James Madison
Wood shrinkage. Check this out:
http://www.umass.edu/bmatwt/publications/articles/detailing_for_wood_shrinkage.html
What's the leading cause of drywall?
Probably USG, but it could also be Georgia Pacific.