I need to build a couple of 5 1/2 inch radius outside corners for a bath remodel. I had planned to use Hi Flex drywall but just checked their website and it apparently won’t bend that tight. Any ideas? I’m game for doing it with plaster but know nothing about the materials required.
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Jeff
We have used the pitcom corners Jeff posted in dentist offices, they paint in good and are plenty tough. It is not an easy task to make a plaster corner like that but it can be done with a screed, patience and skill. A task best left to a pro plasterer.
You can also have the shape made out of foam and coated with mesh and hot mud but I would not want it on an outside corner. Too soft for abuse.
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
Edited 4/12/2008 12:21 am by ruffmike
I did a couple of 3 1/2 inch radius corners with drywall a couple of years ago in my entrance/hallway. I first cut seven 2x peices with the 3 1/2 inch radius and screwed them (equally spaced form floor to ceiling) to the 2x4 studs which had been held back 3 1/2 inches from the corner. This gave me the backing for the radiused corner. I then scored two 12 x 48 inch pieces of gyproc every 1 inch, snapped them along the score lines, screwed them to the radiused backing pieces and then started taping and mudding. You will need to feather the joint back quite a ways (16-24 inches).
This worked really well but you need lots of time.
Edited 4/12/2008 12:46 am ET by mguizzo
Edited 4/12/2008 12:47 am ET by mguizzo
Edited 4/12/2008 12:48 am ET by mguizzo