Do You Lay Flooring First Or Put Drywall Up

The first step to hanging drywall is to take a pencil and mark on the floor and ceiling the placement of the vertical studs.

Do you lay flooring first or put drywall up.

First time remodelers often make the mistake of letting drywall rest on the floor while attaching it to the vertical wall studs with screws rather than pushing the board up as high as possible to. That way the wall pieces support the ceiling pieces. Construction s a messy job and if you install the flooring first you ll spend more time on the walls because you ll have to be more careful not to drip joint compound on a new floor. The general construction rule is to work from the top of the room downward.

You d have to lay the flooring and cover it with industrial plastic sheeting and duct tape the joints to answer your question. Both drywall work and floor installation create a mess but drywall s mess far exceeds that of flooring. In new construction homes where no flooring has been laid yet this is the way it works. I was going to do it with siroco over the base floor.

Now a word for you rookies. Walls are put up first then the floor covering comes later. Professionals always do the lids ceilings first. If you haven t cleaned the studs with a solution of bleach i would do so before covering it up as it could have mold spores on it from your last flood that need to be killed.

Go with drywall as if you get more flooding or water damage you re going to have mold grow back there. Carpet vinyl tile or hardwood installs on top of the subfloor for a finished look. But you said that it is not a good idea. Install drywall on the walls before installing floor covering.

Drywall is heavy awkward and hard to get into position. To make the job somewhat easier make a crutch photo 3. After the drywall is on taped and painted it s time to install the finish flooring. When you run a floor sander around a room there is the possibility of scuffing up newly painted walls.

This will simplify the attachment of the drywall panels to the framing. So in order to lay the tiles in the bedroom i need to raise the floor level by at least 3 4 inches. Make sure any insulating work and vapor barrier installation are complete before you begin hanging drywall panels. Yes you could lay the flooring first but you d need to cover it before the drywall went up and that will cost you around 60 to 120 depending on how big your floor space is.

I notice that the corridor tiles were set on top of the old tiles which leveled up the flooring to 1 1 4 inch. To make it a lot easier pony up for a drywall lift. If time is of the essence it s quicker to hang the drywall and tape out the walls first. This recommendation does not apply to subfloor.