Knocked a whole sheet loose because I skipped the glue on a garage ceiling in July

Doing a garage ceiling in Phoenix last summer and the heat had the compound drying before I could even get the tape on. Tried to save time by just screwing off the boards without the glue and one whole sheet popped loose three days later when the homeowner opened the garage door. Anyone else had glue fail on them in extreme heat or is it just me having bad luck with this?

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jamesf2624d ago

Glue failing? That's not really a glue problem, that's a "you skipped a step and got bit" problem. Screws alone on a garage ceiling in Phoenix heat with all that vibration from the door opening and closing? That sheet was doomed from the start. The compound drying fast is a pain for sure but that's why you wet down your joint before taping or work in smaller sections. Whole thing sounds like pushing your luck and it ran out.

blake32224d ago

Man I saw this video on YouTube the other day where a guy was doing drywall in Arizona and he was talking about how you basically have to treat mud like it's going to set up in 5 minutes if you don't keep it wet. That's what jamesf26 is getting at I think, that dry heat changes everything. I've hung a few sheets in my day and it's honestly painful watching people blame the materials when they're fighting the climate instead of working with it. You can't just slap mud on in July in Phoenix and expect it to behave like it does in a basement in Ohio. The screws alone thing is just asking for trouble too, glue gives you a lot of forgiveness that screws don't when things start moving around. Seems like the whole job was set up to fail from the start if you ask me.