We've Never Done This Before | Building An Off Grid Home In the Canadian Mountains
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I have done a lot of drywall finishing over my lifetime and can give you a few tips.
First, now I only use Dust Control pre-mixed compound made by USG Sheetrock brand. I use it straight out of the bucket without any dilution with water. Adding water will cause additional shrinkage and not adhere as well. You can skip the step of pre-filling gaps unless they are greater than 1/4 inch. Just apply a light/thin coat of compound and then the paper tape and use 4" knife to smooth out. Do not put more compound on top of tape during the first coat.
I usually start with the ceiling inside corners since they will take the longest to dry, then the other inside corners, then the butt joints and whatever screw heads are in the area I am working in. For the outside metal corner beads spread a coat of compound over the corner bead and adjacent wallboard and bed in the paper tape as you go.
After the first tape bedding coat dries, the second coat, what I call the “fill” coat can be applied with a 6" knife to cover all the tape joints and fill the tapered and non tapered joints to level with the wallboard. Prior to applying this second coat knockdown any high spots from the first coat that will interfere with a smooth second coat by scraping lightly with the drywall knife. No need to sand between coats. That is just wasted unnecessary effort and very messy. Second coat everything including the screw heads as the first coat will shrink some leaving divots. The third coat is what I call the “feather” coat. Use an 8" or 10" knife to apply a very thin final coat that will feather the edges of the joints into the bare drywall. In this step you can use just a small amount of water to dilute the compound for a nice smooth final coat. As in the second coat use the knife to scrape any high spots before applying the third coat. If this process is done as specified very little sanding will be necessary to get a nice smooth finish. I don't texture just prime and paint with a quality product.
We are obvious newbies at this, thank you so much for the tip!
@@ThisOffGridLife You are welcome. I watch your every episode and wish you great success.
@@ThisOffGridLife He's dead on on how to do it for first timers. You're not rushed with that mud and can do cleaner work with it as you can take your time. I been mudding whole rooms and patching drywall most my life and I use the exact same stuff as Jim mentioned. I very seldom use fast set unless it's a rush job or an occupied space. Oh and you might want to look into wet sanding in your smaller areas to eliminate dust and what not. Takes a little practice to get use to the sponge but really clearer way to go.
Durabon 90 is usually reserved for big or commercial jobs where the rush is on. it works but is much harder to sand cleanup of pail is important don't try to mix another batch in a un clean pail ( wont work) for the first time out the two of you didn't do bad after applying your mud use a 10" or 12 " knife or a bull trowel to flatten it out will leave a more consistant pass.
Absolutely fantastic explanation how kind of you to send this message to Off Grid Life. God bless you.
Instead of sanding, use a sponge and a compound bucket of warm water to over the dried compound on screw heads, joint lines and inside and outside corners. Make sure the 5x7 sponge is fine, not rough. This method keeps the dust down. Try it.
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Good luck muddying your room Greg and Katie
For muddying the inside corners some take a large closable plastic bag fill it with mud cut a tip out of the corner and squeeze the mud out of this small hole into the wall corner. Then apply tape. Quicker and less messy.
Hello from Germany from Kakenstorf Hans and Oci 👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍
Cabin is coming along nicely! Great to see you two working together! May the mud be with you!
DIY solution? Tape a shop vac hose to the sanding pole near the top and voila dust collection.!
Add a section of a broom handle or some other piece of wood to center of the piece of sign and you've got a similar tool to do the mudding.
Put your mud in a ziplock bag and cut off the corner, use like an icing bag to fill the holes, corners etc
Good job guys - I can do pretty much any type of DIY project; but I’d rather be flogged than hang, tape, or mud sheet rock.
Not bad for your first time Katie. Greg, well done. 👍🏾
Lawyers often refer to drywall dust as Divorce dust ... :) great team efforts ..:)
Ya'll are killin it! My least favorite thing to do next to painting, sheetrock...lol The taping and mudding part is the most tedious imo, if you get past that, your marriage will be saved...hahaha Love ya'll ❤️
I am a journeyman drywaller. I guess I should do videos on the prep and taping and finishing drywall. But I have not done that yet.
Some creative critique here.
If you installed mesh tape on the flats as mesh tape has a adhesive backing that sticks to the wall....and is very strong or stronger than Paper tape. Use Paper tape in the corners if you wish...for straight clean corners ....and used your hot mud to set or bed the paper tape 1st coat. And then you would be 1 step ahead of the game already..
Prefilling holes and large gaps sometimes is needed prior to taping.
Regular all purpose joint compound is all we use for taping normally. Unless we have large holes to cover up.
By the way.. I like your show and enthusiasm on aspects of building your own off grid home.
Oh.. Also using outside corners for Windows and corners.
If you using metal., plastic or paper bead. Hot mud will adhere better to all of them than all purpose joint compound.
1st and 2nd coating those areas. When You already have your corner bead Nailed on. By the way ..Hot mud shrinks less when drying. Regular joint compound shrinks a lot.
Well happy drywalling!!!
Love the Stash on your Cat! Too cute...
Hi I'm from South Africa and enjoy your videos a lot. happy sanding 🤗
Howdy Pretty Lady shiny eyes and glorious smile love y’all channel ! 50,000 subs soon cheering you on !
I like how you guys are willing to learn.
00:19 I love this frame
Great jobs both, love watching you from over here in the UK.
If you are using the faster drying only make up quart buckets at a time. I like to put a bead of clear silicone in the cracks. Find a piece of sheet metal and bend it into a 90 degree (>) Inside corner shape and then attach it to a 1 foot section of 1x1 stock. Do the same for an (
Great video Greg and Katie
Hi from Brisbane Australia I love the work you doing with the cabin, it's hard work but it's worth it in the end
hi i have seen a few people mudding so try getting a large plastic sealable foos bag fill with mud cut a corner out of the back now pipe it in to the corners it will be quicker however your doing a good job.
Hello 👋 from North Battleford Saskatchewan
You both are very good at mudding...
Really enjoy you guys in journey so down to earth . Greetings from Australia .............
Another great video nice to see your flock of silkies is getting bigger
Thanks. These chicks are barnyard mix though. The silkie rooster isn't very successfull if you know what I mean
Be safe, stay well.
Hi Katie and Greg, it looks brilliant. It is so interesting to see how people build in different parts of the world. I've just plasterboarded the chimney breast in my bedroom after all the plaster was crumbling off (1930's brick built house in the UK) and we skim the whole board here, rather than just the seams and screw holes. it came out pretty well but I was glad it wasn't a bigger space as my arms and shoulders felt like they were on fire afterwards 😂😂
Have a great week and happy sanding x
Hi ! From Vicksburg,Ms Coming along real nice y'all !! Glad y'all had a mini - vacation ........ :)
Great to see you two working together!
TAKE THAT for galavanting around the desert !!!
Hi guys, I just wanted to say hi and send you a hug from Santa Fe, Argentina.
Great job guys I am very impressed. The patients that you two have, and the drive that you have is very inspiring. God bless, be safe, and take care. Tony
I am not an expert but I think it looks pretty good...great job as always and thanks again for the visit...love you both...busting with pride with all you are accomplishing
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Beautiful job guys,really love watching your videos cheers for now xxx
you guys are very inspiring! i love this whole series!! but never in my 10 years have i sanded after my first coat of mud. you usually dont prefill every joint unless it really needs it. if you notice the tapered ends on the drywall, thats mesnt for the tape to sit in so you dont have to put as much mud. so you dont wanna fill that with "hot mud" before taping. the patience you both have after seeing that is second to none, keep it up!
Thanks. It's a method we saw on a tutorial video to prevent cracking. We were just sanding off edges and bumps because, well, we are not the best at applying mud 😂
Looking good 😊
What /when are you doing for the ceiling ?
@@usher63124 They are doing wood ceilings.
Your kitty has a milk-stash...how cute! I love watching your beautiful BC life and that occasional "out" of the Canadian English. Saying high from down here in Salem, Oregon. Isn't it fun how the weather has gone from snow (in your case) to summer, no in-between.
You guys are doing a great job! GO KATIE GO!
Hi and hello from Denmark. I have followed your chanel for some time and I love your good work.
When you use your paper tape for the corners it helps if you run each strip through a bucket of water. It goes into the mud much easier.
Hi !!! House and property is lookin awesome!! your Chilliwack British Columbia Fan Sam 😀
Hi and enjoy the rest of your weekend 👍
Hi, It looks very good. ( I dislike mudding very much! ) But you two are doing very well, good job!
Quick get the ice cubes I need to make a cover picture
Hi from New Mexico, USA.
I just found you, I like seeing your working hard and it's not some fairy tail bs w people behind the scenes
Lol your goats beating the camera in the other video
The first application of mud helps the tape stick to the wall, the second application seals it.
Hi you two beautiful people....good job.....keep at it!!!!!
If you can do it like Jim Maher says will be the easiest .he knows how it's done .I have done it for 40 years on my last coat I thin my mud a little bit to me it finishes better with a easier job standing
Video intro starts of actual work on house - aww damn no more chickens and goats lol
You 2 do it very vell 👏 see you from Norway 🇳🇴
It's nice to see you back from the camping trip. Now comes the fun times of muding, for doing the inside corners there is a tool very cheap and it works really well( cost is $2-4 ) and the corners turn out really good. Good luck and Blessing to you both.
Looking great... Life is a learning game for sure. I enjoy your videos. God bless and keep up the good work.
The opening shot just proves the old adage *"Dogs have Owners but Cats have Staff"*
The cabin is really starting to look good you guys!! I cant wait to see the end result. Awesome job!!
Hi guys I think you are doing a wonderful job... It takes time so lets go from Tx.
good job on drywall. myself I prefer and have shiplap. but drywall can also work.
Shiplap is the current Chip and Joanna fad. It will soon go out of style along with sliding barn doors inside.
Great teaser pic at the start!
You guys are cranking! Pretty soon it will be time to decorate.
I'm not ready to make decisions on furniture yet, still need to decide paint colors and flooring 😅
hello , looking good keep up the great work, oh and i do not like mudding and taping but have some of my own to do . see you next week
I never heard of V notching your joints. Ceiling is usually hung before the taping and mudding starts.
Wood ceilings.
I love watching you guys all the way here from Kitchener, Ontario. Can't wait for your next videos... oh yeah, love the music! e
It is very nice to see the interior decoration of your home. Everything is very carefully done and with great diligence !!
Hello there beautiful Lady and helper! lol, sorry Fred, I just couldn't help myself, you are a very lucky man to have Katy as your wife!
I’m glad it’s not too hard for you, you make it look easy! Every other UA-camr I watch doing house building or renos absolutely hate doing drywall! Good for you!
Hi. you two are doing a great job.
Great progress you guys! I know how horrible the sanding can be! I saw Mallorie did a video and said to use damp a sponge to sand instead.Those instructions are actually on the container LOL - I cant believe Ive been sanding the other way for my entire life LOL This way is waaaaaay less dust.
Oh yeah....reading the instructions...😂
@@ThisOffGridLife right! Who does that!? Not this girl LOL
You guys got this! Everything you tackle comes out fine. You guys are still being scammed, received an email this morning again. Keep up the good work, love your enthusiasm 💜
I bought a house and gutted it to the studs. Installed new electrical, service, drains in floors, HVAC, water supply, etc...so I understand what you are going through. Keep going you are doing great!!!
Hello I am new on your channel here from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️😎
Good job Katie!!
I am so loving watching you both building your dream (from the UK . ) Wishing you the best of everything!
you can do it you did it so good till now
Also the vacuum power sander he bought on Lumnah Acres saves a ton of time and clean up !!
Oh I did it and was frustrated to no end but joints to a painted wall is the worst experience
You guys are travelling really well. Those walls are looking great. That view is even better in summer.
Un petit bonjour français. Je vous adore 😊
I love that cats white mustache
Sounds like you had some great advise from a couple viewers, always nice to have someone explaining how to do things and help you along the way, looks great guys! Moving along nicely on the house! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼
Get a 5 gallon bucket of water and a sponge and no dust
I enjoy your channel. Keep sharing
You guys are great!
Maybe use the karate kid moves for the sanding?? :) :)!!! Wax on Wax off??? you are doing amazing work!
Its looking gorgeous, so light filled.
Looking so good getting closer to moving in. I bet you all are getting excited 😊
There is a mud taping gun thing you can get from lowes, home depot, amazon, lots of places.$40 to $80 average. Makes taping a lot faster. Just a suggestion.
Have fun
I am wondering why no tape on seams before it dries?? Somehow someway this will all work out I pray. Good job you two.
Looks pretty good 👍 Sanding is the hard part to complete, but i have confidence you will get it done.
Great job enjoying following you.
Hi there I agree plastering isn’t much fun and the clean up isn’t much fun either but the out come is fantastic.🙋♀️🇦🇺
Wow the drywall finishing is looking really good 👍
Thanks!
Thank you 😊
Fantastic video! Love the production quality, positive tone, and amount of stuff accomplished. Keep going like this!!
you see them use fast dry with Ziplock bag to apply corners and the tape banjo for seams
So enjoy your journey. Keep up with r the great attitude you have for each other and your home project
Best Regards, John
Pretty cool, very close to the special ending of the process, things do flow a little faster and in a good weather season it flows faster too🤗💫 looking pretty good
Hey, ya did great, looks nice!