MudAndTape — Sheets, mud, tape and screws for a room, with the waste counted.

1
Corner Bead — Metal, Paper-Faced or Vinyl, and Where Each Fails
A cracked corner is almost never the drywall. It is the bead, and which bead was used decides which way it failed.
3 min read
2
Resilient Channel — It Works, and It Is Almost Always Installed Wrong
A single long screw through the channel into the joist short-circuits the decoupling for the entire ceiling. It is invisible and it is common.
3 min read
3
Seams Showing After Paint — Four Causes, and Sanding Fixes One
Most visible seams are not high spots. They are flat spots that are too narrow, and adding compound to the middle makes it worse.
3 min read
4
Drywall Installation Cost by State — From BLS Installer Pay
Drywall has the widest state spread of any trade priced here except painting — 1.78x — and the reason is that hanging and finishing is almost entirely hours.
6 min read

Ceiling drywall