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Originally Posted by Rerun
Does this advice include installing the drywall or are we just talking about the taping and mudding?
I've never installed drywall before (not talking about taping and mudding) but it doesn't look too difficult.
If we are talking just about the taping and mudding, is it easy to hire a professional just to do that?
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My neighbour in our old house was a drywaller and wouldn't take on jobs that someone else had boarded. His point was that while you may save on paying someone to do the boarding, if you do it badly, you will end up paying much more on the mudding and sanding as that is the job that takes the most time by far.
We ended up giving him some of our jobs and doing some ourselves in the lower visibility areas (like in a bathroom which ends up being covered in tiles, cupboards and mirrors anyway). That led to more experience and more confidence and now it'll be a matter of laziness and desire to keep to a strict timeline that will determine whether we do the drywalling next time 'round.