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Have any of you folks had any experience taping a butt joint between sheetrock and pine? Heres the deal. I removed vertical t&g pine from a wall, but only up to the point where it runs behind a built in bookcase. Furred out the studs so the 1/2″sheetrock is flush with the pine. I plan to tape the joint using durabond.Any tips? Paper tape or mesh? Everything is going to be painted.The only way around this would have been to demo the bookcase.Not an option.The pine is real dry and I don’t think it will move. TIA Scott
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Scott,
In my basement I had T&G Pine floor to ceiling and had to remove a large amount when I moved in.
I left one wall along the side with the stairs. For the joint between the rock I butted the pine with vinyl stop bead. I held the bead a penny width back from the clean freshly planed edge of the pine and used a silicon based painters caulk to fll the joint.
I then painted the whole wall and the joint has remained tight and I have no cracks. I attribute this to the flexibility of the joint from the caulk.
*Does the drywall butt up against a pine bookcase, creating a corner, one side drywall and the other pine, or did you leave half a piece of t&g still exposed on the wall and the other half behind the bookcase? If it is the corner, I'd just caulk and paint. If it's the other, I'd drill a pilot hole for the blade, and real carefully cut at the bookcase back edge the peice off with a sawzaw. Or chisel and split it off. I think you'll run into a noticeable joint butting drywall next to pine on the same plane. Then again, I've never tried it! Maybe better info will follow. Jeff....this isn't graded for grammar is it?
*Scott - I agree with David, go to a drywall supply and get a vinyl "L" bead, which is made for just this situation. Glue or nail it up and spackle it, it will give you a nice clean finish edge.
*If you decide to tape to the wood, first seal the wood with a primer-sealer (i.e. Bin or Kilz)and than use paper tape with the Durabond.
*Scott, I have done what You are trying and I would suggest buying some "plaster weld" and painting it on the joint before You tape it. Plaster weld is a bonding agent and should do the trick for You. Good luck, Skip