RE: Drywalling over vinyl wallboard??
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:54 am
I am in the middle of ripping off the wall board out of one of my rooms(previos owner hung wall paper with rubber cement, guess the wall paper didn't stay). I was very disapointed to find 2X3 studs on 24" on all the interior walls. I had always noticed that the wall seemed kind of flexy.
Also at some of the corner joints, both pieces of wall board are not on a stud at the corner. So if you push against the wall it will move away from the ajoining wall a little.
On top of that once I took down the batton strips I found that the wall boards are not perfectly flush.
All of this adds to a lot of problems for anything concerning joint compound or skim coating. My place looks very similair to the one pictured above and I think it would be a very good idea to put a lot of research into it before spending 2K$ on skim coating.
I am replacing the drywall with 3/8 to match the wall board, but adding studs to the interior wall so they will be on 12" so help stiffen them up. I am also going to add 2x6 boards to the spots in the corners were there is only one stud.
I am hoping these things will keep the joint compound from cracking from the flexy walls.
I can post pictures if that would help anybody.
Also at some of the corner joints, both pieces of wall board are not on a stud at the corner. So if you push against the wall it will move away from the ajoining wall a little.
On top of that once I took down the batton strips I found that the wall boards are not perfectly flush.
All of this adds to a lot of problems for anything concerning joint compound or skim coating. My place looks very similair to the one pictured above and I think it would be a very good idea to put a lot of research into it before spending 2K$ on skim coating.
I am replacing the drywall with 3/8 to match the wall board, but adding studs to the interior wall so they will be on 12" so help stiffen them up. I am also going to add 2x6 boards to the spots in the corners were there is only one stud.
I am hoping these things will keep the joint compound from cracking from the flexy walls.
I can post pictures if that would help anybody.