How To Tare Down A Sheet Rock Wall

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How to tare down a sheet rock wall.

Drywall is inexpensive so don t try to save it for reuse. Remove drywall in large pieces. Strike the top center of one of the walls with the hammer or crowbar punching a hole through the plaster coating until you see the lath beneath. Cut the junction with a utility knife between the wall you want to remove the ceiling and other adjacent walls.

Mud the edge of the new drywall and the existing ceiling with drywall compound mud. Scrape off the plaster walls chip away a small starter hole with your hammer claw. Grab at the upper and lower holes you ve cut and pull a large chunk of drywall off the nails on the nearby stud. Add another layer of mud on top of the tape and smooth out.

When the drywall breaks on a stud make another vertical hole in adjacent gap and continue removing the drywall by hand. Create a small starter hole in the drywall with a sledgehammer. My tool of choice is a bent pole scraper that screws onto a broom handle mine is a hyde no. Push paper drywall tape into the wet mud and smooth down with a trowel.

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Construction adhesive residue on studs can be a problem but a heavy duty paint scraper and chisel may remove enough of it to allow you to hang drywall. Use a drywall or utility knife to cut through the joint compound at a wall corner or ceiling corner to make it easier to tear at those places. For partial removal mark the removal boundary with a saw cut along a stud loosen the drywall along the floor with a pry bar if possible. Outline the area you are tearing down with a pencil if you are only removing a section of the wall.

Insert the claw end of the crowbar into the hole. Pull a section loose.