Basement built thread. Getting city permit with my awesome drawing :-)

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Originally Posted by sphelps

Next hang your drywall. Pretty easy as well if you have someone to help you. Measure your walls and plan to hang the boards horizontal, for example if one wall is 12 feet long order 2 12ft sheets for it. There is a glue you can use to stick the drywall to the framing which means less screws which is good. Planning for a flat ceiling is cheapest, you put ceiling drywall up first, princess auto sells a lift that works fine and will make your life much easier.
You can order drywall from Alberta Drywall exactly how you need it online, they deliver right into your basement for $75!

I agree for the most part here as I did drywall and taping for 6 years, the only pain can be getting 12' sheets into a basement a lot of the time, unless you can get them down your stairs or through a window. If you use glue, make sure its only the interior walls, dont use it on the exterior walls that are on the foundation. IMO in a basement, its nice to have the drywalled ceiling, however, its always to have access to your pluming via panels in the ceiling or just a straight t-bar ceiling. If i live done in calgary still, I would be more then happy to do your taping and what not for you. but thats not going to happen as I'm 2 1/2 hours away! Keep us posted, feel free to ask me any questions about the taping and what not, anything from insulation, to paint is my general area of expertise. its what I went to school for, before I went to school for business and sales lol