I need to do this in my bathroom remodel tonight and was hoping you had a video on it. What perfect timing! Thanks as always for the amazing content!!!
Yes, exact same situation here! Took me a while to find the right search terms, so glad this video exists and I don't have to worry about feathering new texture on the ceiling!
I have our master bathroom drywall repair project coming up on my never ending list of stuff to do when you have a house for 37 years so thank you for the perfect timing of this video and your previous videos.
If I had a ceiling like that, I'd be priming it and crack filling it, just like what's going to happen in our hall and bedroom in the next couple months. Been also binge watching all your lessons on here; it's really amazing how even the smallest tips offer the most help when I'm in the middle of something. Couldn't thank you enough! But 1000x thank you!
This is a very useful technique that I have needed in the past and will need in the future. Thank you! Been following your content for a long time and learning a ton.
This was soooo helpful! I have a vaulted textured ceiling and will not be removing the texture for cost reasons. But we have all new drywall on the walls surrounding it. And this video just took the headache out of the whole procedure. Thank you and please make more of those fantastic videos. 😊
I enjoy watching your videos and 99.9% of the time I agree with you.I like your approach, no loud music in the background, no ego, just the facts! when I do this type of project , I try hard to use a non tapered edge so I don't have to tape.I will file the cut edge with a bondo cheese file . I run a bead of latex along the top edge of the drywall to glue it to the ceiling when you push it up. follow with a finger slick and another small bead along the corner . Did a friends reno and this fall I was there , looked at the joint I did 4 years ago & it still looks 100% . keep the videos coming. I enjoy your level headed approach , and you're a good teacher for people that are new to this .
I came to the comment section looking to see if someone would say this. I have used caulk in these situations for years. Caulk it and texture over it and it looks great.
I do the same but I wonder if he says that because they don't do textured walls and caulking can look bad if you are not careful on smooth walls. I have done both but generally do it how your talking just be careful installing the board
I can’t begin to tell you how much this episode has & will help me! My bathroom is in need & it’s a 12 foot vaulted ceiling! I will take these lessons and go! Pray for me! 😂😂
I also ran into a similar issue when I was fixing the wall in the hallway where the new door frame was installed by a drunk guy. The top and bottom were off by almost an inch which meant I had to layer the plaster over about 10 feet of existing wall to make it look square and level. At the ceiling joint I did not add tape as it was already taped so I had to push the mud up into the corners without messing up the ceiling texture. It took a bit of tweaking but it looks good.
Although Ben's videos are great for the DIYer, his knowledge and patience are a great endorsement for hiring an experienced professional for those big jobs that are scary and complicated. And he'd be great company.
I have been looking for someone to do this video as I currently am doing the basement walls over but keeping the existing ceiling. I cannot thank you enough.
I use this technique where there is a ton of seasonal movement: my 2x2-unit townhouse in Minnesota has very long joists. Can't tape across the wall-ceiling joint or the wall will crack. This allows that corner to open and close seasonally without cracking.
A very particular situation in the trade. I haven't been asked to do this before but I agree with your technique 👌🏽 Nothing fills gaps better than compound. Caulking is not a good filler here
Thanks so much for this video! I am building my first DIY partition wall so will use your method. Crown moulding is expensive and my labour is cheap. Do you have any videos or tips for doing the same in a corner to an existing painted wall?
How did you read my mind I was literally Google searching this yesterday and I found a comment on a forum saying to flat tape it so then I watched one of your videos on flat taping then this popped up in my feed and I was like why didn't I find this when I was looking for it lol
Thank you, Ben! The only thing that pisses me off about this video is the fact that I can't use the skills you taught in it, lol. In my case I have a mop textured ceiling, and the tape joints are flatout peeling off. I'm going to end up trying to completely scrape the texture off, then taping, and skim coating. to give context; this house was built in 1980, and the builders used crown moulding to hide the wall to ceiling joints. The 2nd homeowners removed the crown moulding in the bedrooms, and never replaced it. (They probably damaged it, and didn't realize how expensive it is). As a result, all the tape joints are crumbling, peeling, and hideous. This will definitely be way outside my comfort zone, but we can't afford to pay a pro to come in and do it for us. Hopefully I can pull it off, lol.
Hey I really like all the advice you have on your channel it’s really helping with my basement Reno’s, I do have some interesting situations going on if you could spare a little time to give some specific tips I would really appreciate it!
I just finished some drywall that my dad started years ago. when it came to joining the wall with the popcorn ceiling, I didn't even look for a tutorial in your channel because that popcorn must go, no second thoughts. Anyway I appreciate how inclusive and considerate you are of the odd person that keeps popcorn on the ceiling.
Beautiful job. I think you could caulk it , but using a rubber glazing or fugi silicone tool. It creates a 90 deg silicone finish that still allows you to cut the painting in nicely, while giving you a strong scructually 90 deg join
I had the tape come off in several places in my bathroom. The humidity I assume weakened it. Just on the ceiling. It stayed on the walls. I considered for a while how to reglue it but decided against. I carefully cut it off the ceiling and left it on the walls then just patched the few gaps here and there with mud. It’s up high so you don’t notice much.
Hi VC, first of all you are my hero. Thanks for teaching and sharing. I have unrelated question, hoping you can opine… my taped joints in the sheet rock in the garage ceiling are all failing/cracking. Sheet rock has a lot of play as they don’t meet at beam. I know how to fix cosmetically based on your videos but since I can get above it, is there a good glue/adhesive I could apply to the seams from above to seep into the joints so it holds better and doesn’t crack again? I feel like applying some thinner construction adhesive (so it settles in the between sheets) from the top to fill the would make it super strong so my tape joints won’t fail again. Thoughts?
I have done both, light textures if you put your upper board up first with a non tapered edge and tight joint will finish fine with caulk you just can't smear it all into the upper texture. (We don't usually do smooth walls here though so that may be the difference.
So glad I found this video! I'm faced with the exact opposite problem. I'm replacing some water damaged drywall Ceiling with a painted texture, that meets have of wall space. THis room was just repainted 3 weeks prior, and I would like to avoid having to re texture and paint part of the walls. So I'm guessing that your Flat Tape technique would work?🤔
10:08 you also can do this method when a tile backsplash was added and the gap is horrid, instead of filling with caulk; you should use “mud” and build it up and feather out the wall to make it look “flat”, and this is what I usually do, but you are painting a bit so don’t have to be extremely careful on the walls, but if near trim…..definitely be cautious to not get anything on it.
Hello, I love your drywall videos. I have a question. My cousin suffered flooding from a hurricane in Florida and had a company come in for cleanup. The company removed the 4' lower half of drywall of every intior wall. My question is; would it be better to hang the new drywall tapered end down to the floor and just tape and mud all joints as butt joints? Or, hang normal and fill in the tapered edge with mud prior to taping? Thanks for your response/advice. Ill be sure to leave a donation for your time. -Tim
Would this be applicable to a situation where the tape has separated from the wall? I assume one would cut away the loose tape, then proceed as you've done in the vid?
Hey Ben, quick question... Let's say we change 3 sheets of drywall on ceiling and the walls are the same painted. When you put your tape over the painting wall do you need to sand it alot so the tape can bond very well with the mud? Or you just dont sand and put the tape over the painting walls? Thanks.
I've been watching your videos for years. Thanks for all the help. Have you considered putting tint in your mud especially in the garage demos to make it easier for us noobs to see?
Hey I have a really well done Textured ceiling I’m trying to save. what do you think about using “Tear Away” against it. It was textured with masonry plaster and painted
Beautiful video man! Have run into this before after adding new bulk-head to existing finished ceiling for re-routing plumbing lines. Very helpful! (Caulking does not look good, as you mentioned lol *facepalm*)
I need to do this in my bathroom remodel; gap is slightly over 1/4". Do I pre-fill the gap with joint compound or is there another product you recommend?
That solves half of my problem, but in a wall corner I have new drywall going _under_ the old one and there is a 1/8..1/4" inch gap. Any tip for that? I'll probably just fill it with hot mud and, when it cracks, caulk the crack.
Ben- can you do a video about how to repair tape joint on an inside 3-way corner? I’m guessing the best way (not the fastest…) is to simply cut out the damaged sections of tape and redo the corner.
14:53 I’d use big stretch or even lexcel by Sashco to caulk that “joint” as like the products & get excellent results from them. They really hold up well & lexcel sticks to ANYTHING & comes in clear or white, big stretch comes in many colors to match best as possible the paint. ✌🏻
Do you have any vids on texturing ceilings. Not knockdown. I’m in western Canada quite common here but not sure what product to use . Is it Span light or ??
I always do corners, vertical or horizontal, this way, even when I don't have to, though if the gap is really narrow, I prefill it with caulk before putting the mud and tape on it. I got into the this habit because most of the corners I've done abut walls or ceilings that I don't want to re-paint, but I also like the slightly crisper corner you can get from this method. Also, if the wall shifts a little, I'd rather see a corner crack a little on a straight line than see the tape bridging that gap pull away from both surfaces and make a long hollow bubble. It never seemed that slow to me, but that might be because I don't worry too much about getting the mud on the painted or textured surface; it seems to come off with a wet paintbrush. If the texture were water soluble, that wouldn't work as well and I'd have to be more careful, but so far, I've never run into that.
Stop making everything look so neat and easy. No really, thank you so much for the lessons it has improved my armature taping skill immensely.
Always wondered how to do just the wall with a textured ceiling. Definitely appreciate this video. Keep ‘em coming Ben.
I need to do this in my bathroom remodel tonight and was hoping you had a video on it. What perfect timing! Thanks as always for the amazing content!!!
Yes, exact same situation here! Took me a while to find the right search terms, so glad this video exists and I don't have to worry about feathering new texture on the ceiling!
I have our master bathroom drywall repair project coming up on my never ending list of stuff to do when you have a house for 37 years so thank you for the perfect timing of this video and your previous videos.
If I had a ceiling like that, I'd be priming it and crack filling it, just like what's going to happen in our hall and bedroom in the next couple months.
Been also binge watching all your lessons on here; it's really amazing how even the smallest tips offer the most help when I'm in the middle of something. Couldn't thank you enough! But 1000x thank you!
This is a very useful technique that I have needed in the past and will need in the future. Thank you! Been following your content for a long time and learning a ton.
I have found everything I have needed to remodel my bathroom with this channel's videos! THANK YOU!!!!
This was soooo helpful! I have a vaulted textured ceiling and will not be removing the texture for cost reasons.
But we have all new drywall on the walls surrounding it. And this video just took the headache out of the whole procedure. Thank you and please make more of those fantastic videos. 😊
I have learned so much from your videos! I’ll be using this tip in a month or two when I remodel my en-suite. Thank you for the great videos!
I enjoy watching your videos and 99.9% of the time I agree with you.I like your approach, no loud music in the background, no ego, just the facts!
when I do this type of project , I try hard to use a non tapered edge so I don't have to tape.I will file the cut edge with a bondo cheese file . I run a bead of latex along the top edge of the drywall to glue it to the ceiling when you push it up. follow with a finger slick and another small bead along the corner .
Did a friends reno and this fall I was there , looked at the joint I did 4 years ago & it still looks 100% .
keep the videos coming. I enjoy your level headed approach , and you're a good teacher for people that are new to this .
I came to the comment section looking to see if someone would say this. I have used caulk in these situations for years. Caulk it and texture over it and it looks great.
this method sounds great.
I do the same but I wonder if he says that because they don't do textured walls and caulking can look bad if you are not careful on smooth walls. I have done both but generally do it how your talking just be careful installing the board
wish I'd have seen this before I tackled my DIY project. Always something to learn, and even with my mistake(s) it looks better than it did before!
Vancouver Painter channel once again with the best home Drywall repair advise and methods. Caulking and Paint makes the carpenter I ain't.
Sometimes this needs to be done and I’m really thankful for this video Ben. Totally going to use it!
"It looks so slow and painful doing it this way."
Proceeds to work smoother and more efficiently than any drywall work I have ever done.
You are the only guy that has covered this issue. I have exactly this issue.
keep up the amazing work Ben you always do such an amazing job on your repairs and on your videos.
I can’t begin to tell you how much this episode has & will help me! My bathroom is in need & it’s a 12 foot vaulted ceiling! I will take these lessons and go! Pray for me! 😂😂
I use to just caulk it when i first started mudding but now I do exactly what you demonstrated
So happy you made this, I'm doing reno in my basement, but after i have a that kind of fix i need to do on my main floor.
Thank you for all the videos. They are very informative. Even to build a fake wall. Awesome.
Another great video!!! Can't wait to get started at home! Thank you for this great video!
Ive been looking for this tutorial!! Thank you!
Outstanding! Thanks for solving a problem for me that had me worried!!
I love your work and videos. From Scotland 🏴
Nice job Ben learned a new trick !
Exactly what I needed! This was a huge help‼️
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
I also ran into a similar issue when I was fixing the wall in the hallway where the new door frame was installed by a drunk guy. The top and bottom were off by almost an inch which meant I had to layer the plaster over about 10 feet of existing wall to make it look square and level. At the ceiling joint I did not add tape as it was already taped so I had to push the mud up into the corners without messing up the ceiling texture. It took a bit of tweaking but it looks good.
Great job! I always like your videos.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Awesome work Ben!
Man I was racking my brain on how to do this with a new wall and this helped immensely.
Dang, I could have used this method last week on a job lol.
Better late than never I guess, thanks Ben! 😁
Well done. Another great lesson
Thank you sir for video, it gives me a really decent know how for my job. Thank you for your videos !!!
This was very helpful. Thank you
Thanks so much. Just added a shower pan and surround and had to put in 6" of drywall up to already painting/textured/ceiling.
Although Ben's videos are great for the DIYer, his knowledge and patience are a great endorsement for hiring an experienced professional for those big jobs that are scary and complicated. And he'd be great company.
I need a lift off placement video. Necessity for life, even.
Make it happen, Ben!
I have been looking for someone to do this video as I currently am doing the basement walls over but keeping the existing ceiling. I cannot thank you enough.
I've found that if u caulk the joint good and smooth then just mud over it and sand it works really well
Just about to do this! Thank you for this!!!
You make it look so easy
Good techniques, thank you
I use this technique where there is a ton of seasonal movement: my 2x2-unit townhouse in Minnesota has very long joists. Can't tape across the wall-ceiling joint or the wall will crack. This allows that corner to open and close seasonally without cracking.
Great video. I was wondering how I could add it a divider wall between mine kitchen and living room, without having to repaint the whole ceiling.
Neat, I need to do this in the very near future. I don't understand what the tape is doing in this situation but it looks great!
greetings from Russia , thanks for the vid, I sometimes use this way in joint between window slop and window sill
A very particular situation in the trade. I haven't been asked to do this before but I agree with your technique 👌🏽 Nothing fills gaps better than compound. Caulking is not a good filler here
Thanks so much for this video! I am building my first DIY partition wall so will use your method. Crown moulding is expensive and my labour is cheap. Do you have any videos or tips for doing the same in a corner to an existing painted wall?
Like 2 weeks to late..I needed this video for my partial remodel
Thanks, I have this exact situation to do today, gonna mix some 45 minute "mud" and try to finish!
How did you read my mind I was literally Google searching this yesterday and I found a comment on a forum saying to flat tape it so then I watched one of your videos on flat taping then this popped up in my feed and I was like why didn't I find this when I was looking for it lol
Thank you, Ben! The only thing that pisses me off about this video is the fact that I can't use the skills you taught in it, lol. In my case I have a mop textured ceiling, and the tape joints are flatout peeling off. I'm going to end up trying to completely scrape the texture off, then taping, and skim coating. to give context; this house was built in 1980, and the builders used crown moulding to hide the wall to ceiling joints. The 2nd homeowners removed the crown moulding in the bedrooms, and never replaced it. (They probably damaged it, and didn't realize how expensive it is). As a result, all the tape joints are crumbling, peeling, and hideous. This will definitely be way outside my comfort zone, but we can't afford to pay a pro to come in and do it for us. Hopefully I can pull it off, lol.
Awesome tips - thanks !!!
Hey I really like all the advice you have on your channel it’s really helping with my basement Reno’s, I do have some interesting situations going on if you could spare a little time to give some specific tips I would really appreciate it!
I just finished some drywall that my dad started years ago. when it came to joining the wall with the popcorn ceiling, I didn't even look for a tutorial in your channel because that popcorn must go, no second thoughts. Anyway I appreciate how inclusive and considerate you are of the odd person that keeps popcorn on the ceiling.
Beautiful job. I think you could caulk it , but using a rubber glazing or fugi silicone tool. It creates a 90 deg silicone finish that still allows you to cut the painting in nicely, while giving you a strong scructually 90 deg join
Do not just caulk it! Trust me. Im fixing this right now lol
I had the tape come off in several places in my bathroom. The humidity I assume weakened it. Just on the ceiling. It stayed on the walls. I considered for a while how to reglue it but decided against. I carefully cut it off the ceiling and left it on the walls then just patched the few gaps here and there with mud. It’s up high so you don’t notice much.
Great video as always Ben, was thinking it might be quicker to use a tear away bead in this situation.
…I am not painting the ceiling… the best motivational mantra to go slow and careful ever
Great video! Thabks for the help!
Fantastic video! Would inside corner bead with the tear away tape also work?
That looks good
I do it the same way. I was wondering to the end if you were going to recommend that that bead of caulk for movement.
Hi VC, first of all you are my hero. Thanks for teaching and sharing. I have unrelated question, hoping you can opine… my taped joints in the sheet rock in the garage ceiling are all failing/cracking. Sheet rock has a lot of play as they don’t meet at beam. I know how to fix cosmetically based on your videos but since I can get above it, is there a good glue/adhesive I could apply to the seams from above to seep into the joints so it holds better and doesn’t crack again? I feel like applying some thinner construction adhesive (so it settles in the between sheets) from the top to fill the would make it super strong so my tape joints won’t fail again. Thoughts?
I have done both, light textures if you put your upper board up first with a non tapered edge and tight joint will finish fine with caulk you just can't smear it all into the upper texture. (We don't usually do smooth walls here though so that may be the difference.
My parent's house got an 8" "accent stripe" of flat ceiling around the edge of their popcorn ceiling 🤣
This is pretty common in my area actually
Thanks for this!
So glad I found this video! I'm faced with the exact opposite problem. I'm replacing some water damaged drywall Ceiling with a painted texture, that meets have of wall space. THis room was just repainted 3 weeks prior, and I would like to avoid having to re texture and paint part of the walls. So I'm guessing that your Flat Tape technique would work?🤔
10:08 you also can do this method when a tile backsplash was added and the gap is horrid, instead of filling with caulk; you should use “mud” and build it up and feather out the wall to make it look “flat”, and this is what I usually do, but you are painting a bit so don’t have to be extremely careful on the walls, but if near trim…..definitely be cautious to not get anything on it.
Do you have a video showing how to finish new wall drywall to an existing semi-wavy ceiling?
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks!
Hello, I love your drywall videos. I have a question. My cousin suffered flooding from a hurricane in Florida and had a company come in for cleanup. The company removed the 4' lower half of drywall of every intior wall. My question is; would it be better to hang the new drywall tapered end down to the floor and just tape and mud all joints as butt joints? Or, hang normal and fill in the tapered edge with mud prior to taping? Thanks for your response/advice. Ill be sure to leave a donation for your time. -Tim
How does this process change if you are planning on painting the entire ceiling?
Would this be applicable to a situation where the tape has separated from the wall? I assume one would cut away the loose tape, then proceed as you've done in the vid?
Thank youuuuu !!
Any instructions on a flat ceiling patch, virgin drywall abutting texture?
Hey Ben, quick question... Let's say we change 3 sheets of drywall on ceiling and the walls are the same painted. When you put your tape over the painting wall do you need to sand it alot so the tape can bond very well with the mud? Or you just dont sand and put the tape over the painting walls? Thanks.
I've been watching your videos for years. Thanks for all the help. Have you considered putting tint in your mud especially in the garage demos to make it easier for us noobs to see?
I've considered it. Just never done it.
Hey I have a really well done Textured ceiling I’m trying to save. what do you think about using “Tear Away” against it. It was textured with masonry plaster and painted
Beautiful video man! Have run into this before after adding new bulk-head to existing finished ceiling for re-routing plumbing lines. Very helpful! (Caulking does not look good, as you mentioned lol *facepalm*)
Dang...wish I'd had this video 6 months ago. I just ended up with 6" of flat feathering along the edge of my textured ceiling lol
what's your thoughts on hanging. Glue and screw or just screw
I need to do this in my bathroom remodel; gap is slightly over 1/4". Do I pre-fill the gap with joint compound or is there another product you recommend?
That solves half of my problem, but in a wall corner I have new drywall going _under_ the old one and there is a 1/8..1/4" inch gap. Any tip for that? I'll probably just fill it with hot mud and, when it cracks, caulk the crack.
"Dont use caulk, try it and see why" proceeds to use caulk LOL. i'm teasing. great vid
Ben- can you do a video about how to repair tape joint on an inside 3-way corner? I’m guessing the best way (not the fastest…) is to simply cut out the damaged sections of tape and redo the corner.
14:53 I’d use big stretch or even lexcel by Sashco to caulk that “joint” as like the products & get excellent results from them. They really hold up well & lexcel sticks to ANYTHING & comes in clear or white, big stretch comes in many colors to match best as possible the paint.
✌🏻
Ben, would this work if I am going to replace a ceiling and I don't want to feather out the compound down a wall that is already painted and finished?
I have one for you. How do I repair a crack in a stipled ceiling?
Do you have any vids on texturing ceilings. Not knockdown. I’m in western Canada quite common here but not sure what product to use . Is it Span light or ??
I always do corners, vertical or horizontal, this way, even when I don't have to, though if the gap is really narrow, I prefill it with caulk before putting the mud and tape on it. I got into the this habit because most of the corners I've done abut walls or ceilings that I don't want to re-paint, but I also like the slightly crisper corner you can get from this method. Also, if the wall shifts a little, I'd rather see a corner crack a little on a straight line than see the tape bridging that gap pull away from both surfaces and make a long hollow bubble. It never seemed that slow to me, but that might be because I don't worry too much about getting the mud on the painted or textured surface; it seems to come off with a wet paintbrush. If the texture were water soluble, that wouldn't work as well and I'd have to be more careful, but so far, I've never run into that.
7:00 laughed so hard here 😂 i like how you go from causual to more serious with every anserr 😂
Vancouver. I would think that would show a crack in the future. Thank for video.
Would suggest blue taping the ceiling in case a sloppy newb like me gets mud on the textured ceiling?
How would I tape a textured wall and a new drywall that is butted up?
I searched a bit and may have missed it, but what grit sandpaper are you using?
Wondering about. Paying a wall, should I paint the wall first or cut in first?
Great vid Ben, thanks. Keep up the great work.
Cut in first on final coat.