After a minor structural repair that required removal of one section of drywall extending from the corner of the room, I am now faced with joining up the new drywall to the existing drywall that has a rough, knockdown texture and is painted, of course, starting at a corner. While I carefully slit the corner tape before removal of the old drywall, what is the best procedure to join the corner of old and new?
Clearly I need to tape across the corner to prevent cracks, but what is the best way to integrate that into the existing wall? I currently plan to carefully scrape off a couple of inches of the the existing texture so I can embed and smooth the tape, then attempt to match the texture around the corner. Better ideas? Thanks!
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I assume its an inside corner, since you didn't mention cornerbead. If the texture isn't heavy, you can tape over it, then blend it in when you texture the new sheetrock. Just spray your new texture a few inches past the repair, and beware when you knock it down that it takes longer to "gel" over a painted surface than over raw sheetrock.
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Are you going to texture the new wall or not? If not, it's worth considering just tightly butting the new drywall to the old (don't use a tapered edge) and then caulking the joint.
I know this will offend some, but it saves having to muck with the texturing.
I did that once. I used a 2" wide sanding block and rough paper to knock down the texture on the one wall. Then taped, mudded, and retextured.
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i'd go with fit it tight and caulk it.i do this alot in the same deal.lets you stop the texture right in the corner so if it don't match ,no one will see it. larry
hand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.