May be a silly question, but how does one drywall a 9 foot ceiling? I'm guessing you hang your 4x8 (or 4x12) sheets horizontally and cut a one foot strip at the top or bottom (does it matter?)... Do they sell 4 1/2 dimension drywall? Thanks!

labman

They say there are less problems with cracks if you run drywall horizontally. With 4X8 sheets, you have a one foot gap either way. I know 12' is available, but the would mean throwing away 1/4 of it. Of course, drywall is cheap and I find seams tedious to tape and mud. You might try to find 10'. You may have better luck with less common materials at the older style, contractor oriented lumberyards than the home center stores.

eg007

I'd put the 1 foot pieces on the bottom because I couldn't mud drywall to save my life and that way I can hide the extra seam with furniture hehe. Drywall is usually hung horizontal although I've worked on a home depot and some other jobs that used metal studs and they hung it vertically for whatever reason/s.

thetachi464

yes they make a sheet that is 54" it is called stretch board. you can pick it up at the local hardware store. It may be alittle more that your regular 4x8 or 4x12 sheet.

travis332

when I do 9 foot ceilings I push one sheet all the way up and one on the floor and fill in the 12 inch section that way the two joints are at an easy height to tape. When you tape blend both joints together to make one big joint.