Question: Start Wall Drywall at Top or at Bottom?
A reader asks, "I am hoping to be able to help a friend finish a room by doing it ourselves. It will entail a drop ceiling and sheet rock...I can't find anything about starting a wall from the top or from the bottom. I don't know if it even matters! Can you help me with this?"
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Answer: What a great question. Start at top. In typical installations, you want the top edge of your wall to be perfect. That top edge needs to be well-abutted to the ceiling because you will be finishing it off with tape and drywall compound (i.e., "mud"). You want no gaps up there.
However, since you are using a drop ceiling, this is not so much a factor. Your drop ceiling will cover any ceiling-to-wall gaps. If you wanted, you could even go so far as not finishing off that ceiling-to-wall junction.
I would finish it off, though, because you never know if you'll want to take down the drop ceiling.
