Do You Lay Flooring First Or Put Drywall Up

I was going to do it with siroco over the base floor.

Do you lay flooring first or put drywall up.

To make it a lot easier pony up for a drywall lift. Make sure any insulating work and vapor barrier installation are complete before you begin hanging drywall panels. Both drywall work and floor installation create a mess but drywall s mess far exceeds that of flooring. 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.

This recommendation does not apply to subfloor. To make the job somewhat easier make a crutch photo 3. You need to be able to get to that area easily. This will simplify the attachment of the drywall panels to the framing.

After the drywall is on taped and painted it s time to install the finish flooring. Carpet vinyl tile or hardwood installs on top of the subfloor for a finished look. Drywall is heavy awkward and hard to get into position. If time is of the essence it s quicker to hang the drywall and tape out the walls 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. But you said that it is not a good idea. When you run a floor sander around a room there is the possibility of scuffing up newly painted walls. Install drywall on the walls before installing floor covering.

The first step to hanging drywall is to take a pencil and mark on the floor and ceiling the placement of the vertical studs. The general construction rule is to work from the top of the room downward. In new construction homes where no flooring has been laid yet this is the way it works. I notice that the corridor tiles were set on top of the old tiles which leveled up the flooring to 1 1 4 inch.

Now a word for you rookies. Hanging drywall over your head is no fun. You d have to lay the flooring and cover it with industrial plastic sheeting and duct tape the joints to answer your question. So in order to lay the tiles in the bedroom i need to raise the floor level by at least 3 4 inches.

Walls are put up first then the floor covering comes later. Professionals always do the lids ceilings first. 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. Go with drywall as if you get more flooding or water damage you re going to have mold grow back there.