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This home is on a foundation;it is my last home in this life

I want my walls to look like a conventional home i.e.,i want to remove the strips that cover the drywall/sheetrock joints;fill the joints, prime and paint the walls.
I am looking to avoid mudding AND tapeing because the process is labor intensive and those joints will tend to make high points on the wall
informationally the sheetrock/ drywall on the walls are vinyl wall paper covered from the manufacturer.
I would use a no shrink/no crack joint compound but i must cover the nails on each side of the joint and maybe that is the best idea but you probably have a better one
eagerly awaiting your thoughts
Jeff Jones

If you want it to look like regular sheet rock you will have to tape and mud it.If its done correctly there will be no high points at the joints.If you just fill the joint with compound it will not last,thats what the tape is for.

I agree with Bill. You can do it the right way or try to take a short cut. In the long run if you are staying in your home and you should in my opionion, mud and tape the walls. I have ordered a new home with taped and textured walls throughout the home. I have owned 5 homes and this is number 6 and the last one. If I cannot do it right, I won't do it. My two cents.

Tom

I agree with Bill. You can do it the right way or try to take a short cut. In the long run if you are staying in your home and you should in my opionion, mud and tape the walls. I have ordered a new home with taped and textured walls throughout the home. I have owned 5 homes and this is number 6 and the last one. If I cannot do it right, I won't do it. My two cents.

Tom

If you don't do it right you will either live with it or do it again

alot of homes out here in n.y. are set on block piers that sit on small cement slabsthat sink and crack all seams in walls and ceilings so i tell people out here if there gonna spend the money go all the way with a full slab does anyone else agree?i don't see the problems as much with a full slab

A properly poured footer wont sink or crack.Sounds like the ones you speak of are just holes with concrete poured in.

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