Great tips and methods; really appreciate you taking the time to make the video. Also- almost 6 years since you made this and it's still helping folks- good on you!
Hire a pro rocker dude, that was embarrassing. 35 years experienced rocker here.. You're going to get people seriously injured with this demo....Learn how to properly use a panel lift and rent or buy one, they only cost approx.$ 200. The time you save will more than make up for the lunacy I just saw with that demonstration. Good wishes for you and your channel, but you can't be leading people to injury and a shitty final product. Respectfully, a real rocker.
Thanks Mike for sharing! I am in the middle of nowhere, building my own house by myself, and without any chance of renting or buying a lift. Your video will allow me to sleep well tonight and get going tomorrow morning. Great tips!
Mike, thanks for sharing, you did me a great favor by publishing this video. I think your ideas are fantastic, and i will be using the wood and plumb bob this week on a ten foot ceiling. Thanks and God bless Glenn
I knew UA-cam would help. I've done tons of sheetrock and was thinking I'd need to rent a sheetrock lift to do the ceiling in my garage with 5/8th. This idea is simple, easy to implement and will save me the cost of a rental lift. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this out there. Much appreciated.
You, sir, are a genius! This is going to make my life SO much easier! I just bought a house that they built a master bedroom/bath onto, got the framing and electrical done, sheetrock bought...and then quit. Guess who gets to finish up? :)
I've hung a lot of sheetrock (more than I ever really wanted to) and lots of times, worked alone. Wish I'd have thought of this decades ago! Brilliant.
@@biggiesmalls8294 Hi my wife helped me get the sheets up. Once in place I turned the wooden blocks and could relax. We decided to use smaller sheets, as they were easier to lift. The job is now done and everyone says how good it looks. I am real pleased with the result. Not bad for an old fellow of 75. Thanks again for the tips.
Nice job with the blocking and I like your plumb-bob trick for your electrical boxes. I chose to by an inexpensive drywall lift to hang the ceilings. I work too slow to rent one. To mark ceiling boxes, after lifting the boards into place, I crawled on top of the rafters and outlined the boxes with a pencil, took the drywall down, cut it and reinstalled it. For wall boxes, we put bright red lipstick on the perimeter of the boxes, and after propping the drywall in place, patted it firmly over the boxes and made our cuts based on the lipstick lines. and then attached it to the wall. The guy who finished (aka taping, mudding and sanding smooth) our drywall said we hung it better than his crew does. We actually did, but so slowly that we could never make money at it.LOL
Have to admit, I was nervous the whole time waiting for those two screws to give way and drop that board. Nice work gettin' 'er done without any assistance!
Use a guide point bit and u don't cut wires. Too much time with plumb bob. Pre measure and mark on sheet or write on 2nd plate of wall. Worked for me for 26 yrs.
I was wondering how I would hang my ceiling by my self when I came across this video. Great idea, and it worked for me, best of all, I didn't have to bother my friends for help. Thanks for helping by sharing your ideas.
7-23-2016 Thanks much. I've been staring at the insulation batting in my ceiling for 30 years wondering how to put up dry wall. Now I can do this with your method. Thanks !
Dang. I wish I had known about the plumb bob trick today! I measured three times before I put the sheet up then measured three times before cutting the hole . . . and missed by a couple of inches! Damn crooked eye! lol
Great trick with the blocking (and shoutout to plumb-bobs....) But, fyi, it's almost always faster to measure (use) the closest true surface; in this case the side of the joist. (And just measure under the board to the box's edge - and or, from your 4' mark/edge back to it's centre. (i.e. Usually you should just mark or write its measurements on the wall, board or joist - whatever's the fastest / nearest true surface to transfer from.) #rockon. - y
Of all my years of sheet rocking I have never come across such good ideas using only simple construction materials such as 2x4s and strips of ply wood. Great video
I am very impressed. I couldn't sleep last night thinking how to do high garage ceiling myself. I don't have a helper, not sheetrock lifter or anything , so I came here to say God bless you Mike. Thank you for shering this helpful video.
your idea of finding the light fittings is good i use a touch on on floor facing the ceilng or if its on wall i use torch again or lazer beam great idea for holding drywall in place
I saw somewhere (about 25 years ago) a person (on a vertical wall) used lipstick to leave a mark when pressing a patch or wall to leave a mark and then, they scooped the edge but went inward as they cut to make a patch. Never used it but, it made sense to leave a lipstick mar to see where to cut.
Thank you, Mike. Like many here I too was searching for the "how to do this on my own" method and your video just confirmed that I wasn't far off. The plumb approach, however; that's a good one.
Thanks, been fighting a board for about 45 min, came to you tube, you were the first video. Watched and done in about 10 minutes less the frustration. Also like the Roto zip trick. Cheers
You are a genius, thank you so much for the tip to make the makeshift Sheetrock holders. You saved me from having to continue to wait for my husband to help me hang my Sheetrock.
Mike thanks a lot for the great and useful tips. I'm a "do it myselfer" and this will definitely safe me the hassle of finder a helper or paying for something I can't afford or can do myself now thanks to you.
Thank you so much for publishing this video. This is genius! I don't know how I would have gotten my project finished without this video. I tried a lift, but it's a hallway and the lift will not fit. I used the rotating block idea on the second edge, but going vertically...get the sheet up, then rotate the 2x4 up to hold it in place. I'm not a big guy, so this method was a lifesaver.
Interesting concept there Mike! I will be converting a shipping container into a tiny house soon and was just going to rent a 'Panel Lifter' from Home Depot. I have been a contractor for better than 37 years and always had a crew to install drywall, although I would rent them panel lifters for ease of install. I noticed that Harbor freight Tools now sells one for around $125., but why buy something I'll only need once? Right? Anyway, in your video you mentioned that you would use 5/8" drywall if you were doing your house....DON'T! Building code prohibits 5/8" on ceilings, as well as 'Green board' (Wet location sheetrock) on ceilings. The reason is because it is too heavy and could pull free of the fasteners. FYI, 5/8" Drywall/Sheet rock is for exterior walls in residential, or 'Fire walls' in commercial/Industrial. Residential interior walls use 1/2 inch, and bathrooms use green board for walls. Kitchen sink area also uses green board. Anyway, thanks for a great DIY method. I was taught at a young age, "Work with what you have, not with what you wish you had." Good old American Ingenuity!
Great tips. Love the plumb bob trick. This video will be very helpful to someone like myself who has not tackled home remodeling, yet. Thanks for sharing!
Mike, see this is one of the reasons why we love the Internet. I watched your video just now and I can see your way is much easier than how we have been doing it. Thanks so much for the help. Thanks so much for sharing.
Electrology Now You can put the board up after touching the rim of the outlet with a little bit of cooking oil put the board in place push it up to cooking Wilmington very nice Mark for the cut out on the backside of the sheet rock
Do a quick measurement off two other points (edge of last sheet, wall edge, whatever) to the box center. Put your sheet up....don't finish screwing near the box, as it is holding the sheet down (or out in the case of a wall outlet). Repeat the measurement to find the box center. Set the rotozip bit for your dry wall thickness + 3/8" beyond the round guard/depth control. Set it much deeper and you risk getting into your wires in the box. Fire it up, plunge into the mark for the box center, run toward the outside of the box....you'll hit the inside edge of the box. Drop the tool down enough to get over the box edge, then go back to full depth and run the bit around the outside edge of the box. TAKE YOUR TIME....don't get wild...listen...you'll hear the bit against the box...that's where you want it...and you'll do a perfect cut around the outside of the box. Push the drywall up and finish securing with screws.
If you do not have a LASER Level buy a cheap Dollar store laser and put it on a fixed stick pointing at the wall box. It does not have to be level to point the place.
Thank you SO much! After messing with trying to do a template for the three boxes in our ceiling we did your method and had the piece of drywall up pretty quickly considering that we had to cut the holes out by hand. Excellent tips!!
Great tip! This is good if you are doing one ceiling. If you've got a few to do, and they're larger, another option is to get a cheap imported drywall lift; they really speed things up and cost about $150. When you're done, you can get half of that back by selling the thing on craigslist. To find a steel box, I use a magnetic stud finder. Mine is made by Hanson, is very small and cost $10. They're also more reliable than the electronic ones for actually finding studs, and there's no battery to die. Can lights are aluminum so the magnet won't work; so I pre-drill the rock before hanging it. With tape measure accuracy you shouldn't have any problem getting a pilot hole somewhere within the can diameter. I *always* use paper tape because it's far less likely than the mesh garbage to show hairline cracks at the joint.
Mike is making the video for DIYers, I'm a pro Drywaller but I understand he's trying to help people that don't have the tools and man power. Good job Mike😎
wife and 3 kids are in russia this summer and i have to have basement finished before they return , in my 30's i installed sheetrock in a unfinished jim walter could only think to use my head holding it up while i reached for hammer and nails!! think i dropped a couple, im 66 now and was dreading it, but God bless you and youtube!! Thanks very much for taking the time to educate a new trick for an old dog!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video, it is going to be very helpful to me in a few weeks when I start my shed project. Thanks again......Chris
Good video Mike. I have been using this method for years now., and it works great. I run the 2x4 around the room and use the blocks. Plus I use a different size block to run the rock back. I screw it on edge of the rock where I would normally put a screw and screw on temporary and take off the blocks and replace it with a screw once I screw other side on. Only difference is I use a small scaffold instead of a ladder
I watched this, because I saw it pop up on the "suggested vidoes" screen (I watch a lot of remodeling type videos), and then I clicked on your main page here to see what other videos you have, and bam.. the model railroading pleasant surprise discovery! I hit the jackpot here! :) Thanks for all your posts, both the RR posts, and this one.. excellent tip!! I didn't need to buy that heavy, awful drywall lift AFTERall, huh? Live and learn! :)
hey mike, this is a great video for DIY guys like me and my dad, we are hanging sheetrock in our garage and apartment and i have been wondering how i can do it myself while my dad is at work, and this video is awesome, i had the same tools lying around and made the little blocks with 2'4" and am going to start using them today! thank you so much! Kyle
Wow! Thank so much. I'm going to attempt to flip a house by myself. I know that I'll need to call a plumber and a electrician but I'm going to do most of it on my own. Great video.
Good job Mike, a little advice as far as marking your electrical boxes and light boxes...just measure to the center of the box from the wall and mark it on the wall with an arrow and the measurement,after you hang the sheet measure out from your mark on the wall to the center of the box and mark it, then router it out,. Do the same on the floors measure up to the center of the box from the floor and mark with an arrow and measurement on the floor. Router it out after the sheet is hung. Thanks!
Look at all those views! There are many methods, but this is one of the most practical. Loved the plumb bob approach too. Thanks for the kind sharing of what went on between your ears as you flew solo.
I tried your technique with the long block along the wall and spinning blocks at other end to hold up ceiling sheetrock. Worked out good. Thanks for posting video.
Wow sir you are good. I was pondering how I was gonna get this drywall on the ceiling without renting a hoist. Thanks for your time. You got a subscriber.
Hi Mike! I thank you for the great tip..I'm a guy who likes to do things on his own, so a tip like this is sure to help keep it that way! And you're never too old to do anything!!
Great tips and methods; really appreciate you taking the time to make the video. Also- almost 6 years since you made this and it's still helping folks- good on you!
Thanks for checking it out.
Mike
Hire a pro rocker dude, that was embarrassing. 35 years experienced rocker here.. You're going to get people seriously injured with this demo....Learn how to properly use a panel lift and rent or buy one, they only cost approx.$ 200. The time you save will more than make up for the lunacy I just saw with that demonstration. Good wishes for you and your channel, but you can't be leading people to injury and a shitty final product. Respectfully, a real rocker.
Thanks Mike for sharing! I am in the middle of nowhere, building my own house by myself, and without any chance of renting or buying a lift. Your video will allow me to sleep well tonight and get going tomorrow morning. Great tips!
Mike, thanks for sharing, you did me a great favor by publishing this video. I think your ideas are fantastic, and i will be using the wood and plumb bob this week on a ten foot ceiling. Thanks and God bless
Glenn
I knew UA-cam would help. I've done tons of sheetrock and was thinking I'd need to rent a sheetrock lift to do the ceiling in my garage with 5/8th. This idea is simple, easy to implement and will save me the cost of a rental lift. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this out there. Much appreciated.
Thanks Daniel, Glad to help.
Mike
I was sceptical about the blocks at first but when I saw how they worked I realized you are a genius, great video.
Kunta Kinte Thanks so much , Mike
Is a garage ceiling required to have an access?
This man is very clever!!
i guess I'm pretty off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream new series online ?
@Reese Benedict Lately I have been using Flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
You, sir, are a genius! This is going to make my life SO much easier! I just bought a house that they built a master bedroom/bath onto, got the framing and electrical done, sheetrock bought...and then quit. Guess who gets to finish up? :)
Good luck with the new home and hope this works for you.
Mike
I've hung a lot of sheetrock (more than I ever really wanted to) and lots of times, worked alone. Wish I'd have thought of this decades ago! Brilliant.
This is what’s so great about UA-cam. Decades of experience shared with all us beginners. Thanks!
Thanks but I am no professional but I do have some old tools and my dad taught me thing over his many years.
Thanks , Mike
Very smart, very useful, very concise video. Thank you! Happy New Year!
Thanks so much Kelly , hope I helped.
Mike
i think you are a freaking genius... Obviously a very hard word working man ...I salute you and bid you much respect!!!thanks I'll be watching
Thank you so very much.
Mike Fifer
hard word working
YOU ARE THE MAN !!! Thank you for your professionalism YOU REALLY HELPED ME ON MY JOB TODAY 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank You so much for the kind words and glad to help.
Mike
The plum bob trick in addition to the drywall holding trick is truly Genius! THANK YOU for sharing!
Thanks so much for watching.
Mike
BUILDING MY OWN HOUSE , BY MYSELF , IM IMPRESSED BY THIS GREAT JOB , GOD BLESS THE 2 x 4
Thanks Donald, I hope it works for you.
Mike
ya but now a 2x4 costs ten bucks.
Thanks Mike. I am just about to install 20 sheets on a ceiling by myself. I really liked the plumb bob solution for my down-lights.
Is it cheaper to do it by yourself? Cause I’m having a hard time Deciding Weather I want to have help or just do it by myself
@@biggiesmalls8294 Hi my wife helped me get the sheets up. Once in place I turned the wooden blocks and could relax. We decided to use smaller sheets, as they were easier to lift. The job is now done and everyone says how good it looks. I am real pleased with the result. Not bad for an old fellow of 75. Thanks again for the tips.
Nice job with the blocking and I like your plumb-bob trick for your electrical boxes. I chose to by an inexpensive drywall lift to hang the ceilings. I work too slow to rent one. To mark ceiling boxes, after lifting the boards into place, I crawled on top of the rafters and outlined the boxes with a pencil, took the drywall down, cut it and reinstalled it. For wall boxes, we put bright red lipstick on the perimeter of the boxes, and after propping the drywall in place, patted it firmly over the boxes and made our cuts based on the lipstick lines. and then attached it to the wall. The guy who finished (aka taping, mudding and sanding smooth) our drywall said we hung it better than his crew does. We actually did, but so slowly that we could never make money at it.LOL
Thanks, Mike. Although I've been using this method for some years, the overlapping plywood is a great new idea. Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks so much Jim , Mike
Nice video, and really smart way to do it when there is no help around. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much , Mike
Have to admit, I was nervous the whole time waiting for those two screws to give way and drop that board. Nice work gettin' 'er done without any assistance!
You, ve just saved me oodles of trouble on tomorrow`s job...Thank you!
Thanks Michael, Mike
I'm glad to see this as I am getting ready to drywall a ceiling my self. Thanks for posting.
Thanks Robert , It worked for me. Good Luck.
Mike
Nice work Mike. One suggestion: always go in a counter-clockwise direction with the roto-zip, it's much easier to keep the blade tight to the box.
Good point. I couldn't remember what direction. I learned the right direction the hard way! Screwed up many a pieces!
Use a guide point bit and u don't cut wires. Too much time with plumb bob. Pre measure and mark on sheet or write on 2nd plate of wall. Worked for me for 26 yrs.
Thanks for that
Counter clock wise on outside and clockwise on inside!
Wouldnt a strong magnant work?
Those are some excellent tips, thanks for sharing!!
+ShysterLawyer Thank You so much for taking a peek.
Mike
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I've got a garage to fully board tomorrow and you have just saves me a LOT of time and energy. He is a genius
Not really a geious but, Thanks , Mike
I was wondering how I would hang my ceiling by my self when I came across this video.
Great idea, and it worked for me, best of all, I didn't have to bother my friends for help. Thanks for helping by sharing your ideas.
+Barry lMRmad Thanks for implementing then Barry and glad to help.
Mike
This is genius! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! The plum bob idea is awesome!
Thanks so much , It works for you and I.
Mike
I'm 58 and just goes to show your never to old to learn. Now I can do my own lid tommorw. Thank you.
Good for you brother !!!
Awesome instructional video! No crazy music and boring us to death setting screws. I got a workshop to do and this definitely helps.
Thanks so much Charles.
Mike
7-23-2016 Thanks much. I've been staring at the insulation batting in my ceiling for 30 years wondering how to put up dry wall. Now I can do this with your method. Thanks !
Thanks buddy , I hope this will help you get it done.
Mike
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Dang. I wish I had known about the plumb bob trick today! I measured three times before I put the sheet up then measured three times before cutting the hole . . . and missed by a couple of inches! Damn crooked eye! lol
Me Too !!!!!!
LOL
MIke
Great trick with the blocking (and shoutout to plumb-bobs....) But, fyi, it's almost always faster to measure (use) the closest true surface; in this case the side of the joist. (And just measure under the board to the box's edge - and or, from your 4' mark/edge back to it's centre.
(i.e. Usually you should just mark or write its measurements on the wall, board or joist - whatever's the fastest / nearest true surface to transfer from.)
#rockon. - y
Glad I'm not the only one.
Obviously you need to study the tape measure more. 16's are good for rock. But if you cant read em!!!
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Wow, I never thought about it. I am a do it yourself person and appreciate your brilliant ideas!!
Thank you Mike.
Thank You sir, hope it helped.
Mike
Of all my years of sheet rocking I have never come across such good ideas using only simple construction materials such as 2x4s and strips of ply wood. Great video
Thank you so much, for the kind words.
Mike
Thank you, Mike. This helped me.
I am so glad Nick.
Mike
You clever guy. ThanKs ...that's a BIG help.
Hope you could use it.
Mike
I am very impressed. I couldn't sleep last night thinking how to do high garage ceiling myself. I don't have a helper, not sheetrock lifter or anything , so I came here to say God bless you Mike. Thank you for shering this helpful video.
Thank You so much and glad to help.
Mike
WOW! I'm planning to remodel a garage and this will help a lot. Thanks so much for sharing.
Wile E. Coyote got nothing on you my friend; you rock man! 👍🏻😎
your idea of finding the light fittings is good i use a touch on on floor facing the ceilng or if its on wall i use torch again or lazer beam
great idea for holding drywall in place
+stevie jones Thanks Stevie, Mike
awesome idea
Thanks so much Bekah.
Mike
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I saw somewhere (about 25 years ago) a person (on a vertical wall) used lipstick to leave a mark when pressing a patch or wall to leave a mark and then, they scooped the edge but went inward as they cut to make a patch. Never used it but, it made sense to leave a lipstick mar to see where to cut.
Great video. I had a bunch of crazy ideas for when I do my garage but this is amazingly simple.
Awesome ideas! This technique will help me drywall my garage with 5/8" sheets. Thanks for posting!
Thanks Brother, I always have fun doing things myself and like to make it easy as I can to do so.
Mike
That sheet would have fallen and cracked in 3 pieces if that was me doing that. Great job.
Thanks Ty.
Mike
Like the idea with the plumb bob.
Thanks Joe, works for me.
Mike
Mike, for your information, this doesn't make you a genius.
It makes you a FRICKEN GENIUS!!
Great tip, Thx.
Thank you, Mike. Like many here I too was searching for the "how to do this on my own" method and your video just confirmed that I wasn't far off. The plumb approach, however; that's a good one.
Thanks Jose !!!
Great minds think alike. I must have hung a thousand sheets wallboard this way.
Use a rare earth magnet to find boxes. Works great.
Very cool idea. I Like It.
Mike
Thanks, been fighting a board for about 45 min, came to you tube, you were the first video. Watched and done in about 10 minutes less the frustration. Also like the Roto zip trick.
Cheers
Thanks Brother , Glad to help.
Mike
You are a genius, thank you so much for the tip to make the makeshift Sheetrock holders. You saved me from having to continue to wait for my husband to help me hang my Sheetrock.
Thanks , I am glad to help !!
Thank you. I always made the T, with the 2x4's. This seems easier.
Thanks , it seems to work well.
Mike
I just never have the time to payback someone who helps me. We all will need help from someone but I never want it to be until I really need it.
Mike
Genius idea with the turning block to hold the other end.. I enjoy youtube for the brilliant people with great ideas. Mike, you nailed it!!!
Thank You Sir. We do what we have to.
YOU SAVED MY LIFE. I was gonna buy a drywall lift, and all sorts of stuff. THANK you for this!!
You are totally welcome !!!
nice techniques. shouldn't you stagger ceiling joints though (brick pattern)?
Yes you should but this is only a shed so I did not care about the possibilities of cracks.
Thanks for the observation.
Mike
Jon Tong yes he should have. I just learned that!
Thanks Joe, I figured I would too if I didn't figure out how to do it.
LOL
Mike
Mike the genius.
Mike thanks a lot for the great and useful tips. I'm a "do it myselfer" and this will definitely safe me the hassle of finder a helper or paying for something I can't afford or can do myself now thanks to you.
Thanks Guy, I am glad to be of service.
Mike
Thank you so much for publishing this video. This is genius! I don't know how I would have gotten my project finished without this video. I tried a lift, but it's a hallway and the lift will not fit. I used the rotating block idea on the second edge, but going vertically...get the sheet up, then rotate the 2x4 up to hold it in place. I'm not a big guy, so this method was a lifesaver.
Thanks so much Mark and happy it worked for you.
Mike
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Thank you for the great tip. Personally I like to cut my boxes with a razor knife, it makes less dust.
Interesting concept there Mike! I will be converting a shipping container into a tiny house soon and was just going to rent a 'Panel Lifter' from Home Depot. I have been a contractor for better than 37 years and always had a crew to install drywall, although I would rent them panel lifters for ease of install. I noticed that Harbor freight Tools now sells one for around $125., but why buy something I'll only need once? Right?
Anyway, in your video you mentioned that you would use 5/8" drywall if you were doing your house....DON'T! Building code prohibits 5/8" on ceilings, as well as 'Green board' (Wet location sheetrock) on ceilings. The reason is because it is too heavy and could pull free of the fasteners.
FYI, 5/8" Drywall/Sheet rock is for exterior walls in residential, or 'Fire walls' in commercial/Industrial. Residential interior walls use 1/2 inch, and bathrooms use green board for walls. Kitchen sink area also uses green board.
Anyway, thanks for a great DIY method. I was taught at a young age, "Work with what you have, not with what you wish you had." Good old American Ingenuity!
Thanks for the helpful info G.
Mike
Great tips. Love the plumb bob trick. This video will be very helpful to someone like myself who has not tackled home remodeling, yet. Thanks for sharing!
+Tony M Thanks Tony , Mike
Mike, see this is one of the reasons why we love the Internet. I watched your video just now and I can see your way is much easier than how we have been doing it. Thanks so much for the help. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks Cathy , Glad to help!
Mike
Would be nice to see the "zip" up close. And, an explanation too ...
Electrology Now You can put the board up after touching the rim of the outlet with a little bit of cooking oil put the board in place push it up to cooking Wilmington very nice Mark for the cut out on the backside of the sheet rock
Do a quick measurement off two other points (edge of last sheet, wall edge, whatever) to the box center. Put your sheet up....don't finish screwing near the box, as it is holding the sheet down (or out in the case of a wall outlet). Repeat the measurement to find the box center. Set the rotozip bit for your dry wall thickness + 3/8" beyond the round guard/depth control. Set it much deeper and you risk getting into your wires in the box.
Fire it up, plunge into the mark for the box center, run toward the outside of the box....you'll hit the inside edge of the box. Drop the tool down enough to get over the box edge, then go back to full depth and run the bit around the outside edge of the box. TAKE YOUR TIME....don't get wild...listen...you'll hear the bit against the box...that's where you want it...and you'll do a perfect cut around the outside of the box. Push the drywall up and finish securing with screws.
Ed Smith do a video for us, thx in advance
you can use a laser level to do the same trick on the wall
Almost No DIY guy has a laser level on hand. I was trying to do this with simple tools.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Mike
+Da Banky They don't need a stud finder for that sometimes. Been there done that.
LOL, Mike
If you do not have a LASER Level buy a cheap Dollar store laser and put it on a fixed stick pointing at the wall box. It does not have to be level to point the place.
Thank you SO much! After messing with trying to do a template for the three boxes in our ceiling we did your method and had the piece of drywall up pretty quickly considering that we had to cut the holes out by hand. Excellent tips!!
Thank You Tracy and Happy New Year !!!
Great tip! This is good if you are doing one ceiling. If you've got a few to do, and they're larger, another option is to get a cheap imported drywall lift; they really speed things up and cost about $150. When you're done, you can get half of that back by selling the thing on craigslist. To find a steel box, I use a magnetic stud finder. Mine is made by Hanson, is very small and cost $10. They're also more reliable than the electronic ones for actually finding studs, and there's no battery to die. Can lights are aluminum so the magnet won't work; so I pre-drill the rock before hanging it. With tape measure accuracy you shouldn't have any problem getting a pilot hole somewhere within the can diameter. I *always* use paper tape because it's far less likely than the mesh garbage to show hairline cracks at the joint.
Find the electrical box with a magnet?
That is a good idea.
Mike
I don't have a plastic magnet (most boxes are plastic)
If you tape or otherwise adhere a piece of metal or a magnet to the plastic box (preferably a super magnet), you can still use this method.
I find it easiest to measure from both walls.
I hear that ignorance is bliss. How's that working out for you?
All my woodwork I am making with stodoys. Try it.
I have a plumb bob,never used it,now i will.Thank you,you are great! I appreciate the education.
Thanks Ricky, Mike
Brilliant! 18 yrs and Im still learning ! I love this work.
Thanks so much James , Mike
I just prefer to make a large "T" out of 2x4 and wedge the ceiling piece up there. less friggin' n' jiggin'.
You need more than one person for that idiot everyone knows that trick
I'd be fired on the spot for this !!!!
J T lmfao i thought the same thing
LOL ..!
Mike is making the video for DIYers, I'm a pro Drywaller but I understand he's trying to help people that don't have the tools and man power. Good job Mike😎
wife and 3 kids are in russia this summer and i have to have basement finished
before they return , in my 30's i installed sheetrock in a unfinished jim walter could only think to use my head holding it up while i reached for hammer and nails!! think i dropped a couple, im 66 now and was dreading it, but God bless you and youtube!!
Thanks very much for taking the time to educate a new trick for an old dog!
I've done something like that for walls but never dreamed of doing the ceilings like that, fantastic idea, thanks for posting
+703am Thanks , It worked well for me.
Mike
Thanks Mike best video on hanging sheetrock! I moved the blocks on top of my first sheet, put up my second sheet up turned the blocks, works great!
That works !
Thanks , Mike
I love watching experienced pros sharing their trade secret that is cost effective. Another great video from Mike.. Thanks for sharing.
I am surely no pro but I do a lot by myself and this is what I did.
Thanks , Mike
Best method I've seen so far... Thank you for sharing this.
Excellent tip on using the plumb bob for marking lights, thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video, it is going to be very helpful to me in a few weeks when I start my shed project. Thanks again......Chris
Thanks so much Chris , I am glad to help,
Mike
Nicely done! I work by myself here in Atlanta, so ceiling drywall information like this is excellent. Jeffrey Wheeler - Corners Craftsman
Thanks so much Jeffrey.
Mike
Brilliant!!!! Now I dont have to clear out my whole garage to facilitate a drywall lift!!! Thank you!!
Thanks and hope it all works out for you.
Mike
Your idea is totally BRILLIANT!!!! You have saved me a world of hurt. THanks.
Thanks Bill, and glad to help.
Mike
Good video Mike. I have been using this method for years now., and it works great. I run the 2x4 around the room and use the blocks. Plus I use a different size block to run the rock back. I screw it on edge of the rock where I would normally put a screw and screw on temporary and take off the blocks and replace it with a screw once I screw other side on. Only difference is I use a small scaffold instead of a ladder
+Joe E Sounds good Joe , Mike
I watched this, because I saw it pop up on the "suggested vidoes" screen (I watch a lot of remodeling type videos), and then I clicked on your main page here to see what other videos you have, and bam.. the model railroading pleasant surprise discovery! I hit the jackpot here! :) Thanks for all your posts, both the RR posts, and this one.. excellent tip!! I didn't need to buy that heavy, awful drywall lift AFTERall, huh? Live and learn! :)
+Steve Farmer Thanks Steve, Glad you are on board.
Mike
Mike, I just wanted thank you for taking your time to make this video. I found your video very helpful.
Thanks , Glad to be of some help.
Mike
My helper though I was crazy when I used scrap like this. Definitely a great method.
Thank you for sharing your brilliant idea! The rotating timber blocks are genius! This is going to save me heaps of time!!
Glad to help Justin !!
Best little nugget of wisdom I've seen in a long time. Great video 👍
Thanks Clayton, it simply works
hey mike, this is a great video for DIY guys like me and my dad, we are hanging sheetrock in our garage and apartment and i have been wondering how i can do it myself while my dad is at work, and this video is awesome, i had the same tools lying around and made the little blocks with 2'4" and am going to start using them today! thank you so much!
Kyle
Thanks Kyle , I think you will like it.
Mike
Plum line from the electrical box is brilliant. Thank you!
Wow! Thank so much. I'm going to attempt to flip a house by myself. I know that I'll need to call a plumber and a electrician but I'm going to do most of it on my own. Great video.
Thanks so much Esther and hope you are a great success.
Mike
Thank you, I'm 53 and I have bad shoulders but I don't like asking for help so this will be my help. Well done brother.
Thanks David , I am the same way.
Mike
You are the best ever. I looked this up, immediately used your method and it worked wonderfully. You're boss!
Thanks so much brother, Glad it worked for you.
Mike
Clever ideas. Currently doing ceiling demo in one of my bedrooms for soundproofing, this video will be very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you and glad to have helped.
Thanks Again, Mike
"Hope it helps out somebody'" Over a million hits, I would say you hit your goal! Thank you so much!
Thanks very much, Mike
Good job Mike, a little advice as far as marking your electrical boxes and light boxes...just measure to the center of the box from the wall and mark it on the wall with an arrow and the measurement,after you hang the sheet measure out from your mark on the wall to the center of the box and mark it, then router it out,. Do the same on the floors measure up to the center of the box from the floor and mark with an arrow and measurement on the floor. Router it out after the sheet is hung. Thanks!
Look at all those views! There are many methods, but this is one of the most practical. Loved the plumb bob approach too. Thanks for the kind sharing of what went on between your ears as you flew solo.
Thank you so much Cory.
Mike
I tried your technique with the long block along the wall and spinning blocks at other end to hold up ceiling sheetrock. Worked out good. Thanks for posting video.
Thanks Mike. Glad it worked out for you.
Mike
Wow sir you are good. I was pondering how I was gonna get this drywall on the ceiling without renting a hoist. Thanks for your time. You got a subscriber.
Thank You Bob, Mike
Hi Mike! I thank you for the great tip..I'm a guy who likes to do things on his own, so a tip like this is sure to help keep it that way! And you're never too old to do anything!!
Thanks Joe , I am much like you are.
Mike
Simple, easy to implement and effective. I love it. Thanks for sharing. (You are clearly in better shape than me.)
Brilliant! I just used this idea and it worked like a charm. I was able to get a full 4 x 8 foot x 1/2" board up myself. Thanks!
Thanks so much and I am glad it worked for you.
Mike