Properly driving and finishing the screws that hold drywall in place gives a smooth look to new walls.

Bob is joined by Joann Borges of CertaPro Painters, who goes over techniques and selected paints for covering new walls and trim efficiently and evenly. They begin with the paint sprayer that is typically used throughout a new production home. The sprayer begins with the ceilings and works down the walls, staying ten to twelve inches away from the surface to give an even coat. Sprayers cover all surfaces, including doors, closets, and trim to finish a room quickly. Speed and efficiency keep the cost down. High-quality, long-lasting paints mean that homeowners will wait longer to repaint and get more value from their investment. CertaPro is using Sherwin Williams' Duration Home throughout the interiors of these affordable homes. Duration Home is a latex paint that is enhanced with acrylic polymers to give durability and washability in a flat or non-glossy paint. Borges also shows how the painters use rollers to cover walls quickly, cutting in with a 2�-inch angled brush before rolling with an 18-inch roller to speed up the process.

Dino Koukoudakis from Dino's Construction demonstrates some of the techniques used in framing with metal studs. He prefers them because they're lighter and never warp. They are also easy to cut and fasten with the right tools. Dino demonstrates how easy they are to line up and install along an exterior wall and the speed and ease with which a partition wall can be framed. It is simple and sturdy construction material that has a better tolerance for moisture than wood.

House eleven of the Elmwood project. The attic of a house, owned by Don DeSantis and Ron Hirschauer, is transformed into an exercise space.

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…to brace the drywall patch Use…
…support for the drywall patch. Mark…
…studs on the wallboard edges around…
…are square and plumb. Mark all lines on the wallboard surrounding the…
…and switch to a drywall saw to square…

The plumb bob or plumb line employs the law of gravity to establish what is "plumb" (that is, what is exactly vertical, or true). You don't have to have aced high school physics to understand that a string suspended with a weight at the…

…help you hang drywall like a pro…
…you attach the wallboard, check the studs…
…floor. Screw the wallboard to one stud using drywall screws. Once…
…the face of the drywall for a guide…
…Attach the wallboard and continue…

…the thickness of the wallboard and how far into the…
…will go. Select a drywall screw based on how…
…the screws into the drywall every four inches…
…the surface of the wallboard. Drive the drywall screws every four inches…