Drywall installers leave holes in floors during work
10 posts across 4 communities in the last 90 days; 40% from r/drywall.
“The carpenter made the hole behind the drain of the vanity ugly as hell. I was able to hide the holes on the supply lines with some cheap covers from Lowe’s. But they don’t sell anything this big. Any advice on how to make it look cleaner?”
“Or drill the tile only if it's on wood sheathing. 15" from left and right,12" from finished wall.”
“I guess I’m looking for thoughts or advice on my situation. We have a construction company doing some work at our house and in the process of putting up drywall, they pierced the line set for one of our HVAC units (the AC condenser is on opposite side of the wall outside). Thing…”
Two users describe situations where drywall installers created holes in the floor to install materials, causing damage and requiring repair. This points to a lack of care or planning by the contractors, leading to unexpected and costly issues for homeowners.
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“The carpenter made the hole behind the drain of the vanity ugly as hell. I was able to hide the holes on the supply lines with some cheap covers from Lowe’s. But they don’t sell anything this big. Any advice on how to make it…”
“Or drill the tile only if it's on wood sheathing. 15" from left and right,12" from finished wall.”
“I guess I’m looking for thoughts or advice on my situation. We have a construction company doing some work at our house and in the process of putting up drywall, they pierced the line set for one of our HVAC units (the AC condenser is on opposite side of the wall outside). Thing is, this wasn’t discovered until the following day when I heard the AC condenser grinding loudly and I shut off the unit. I had our usual HVAC company come take a look (they are unaffiliated with the construction company”
“How do you know? He’s talking about doing the jog under the floor in the crawl space. There may be plenty of room to use 45s”
“EDIT: Thanks everyone for the responses, my ass is on fire haha. I'll take this as a lesson learned. Not trying to blame the flooring contractor, just wondering what is the industry standard. The scope of our reno was popcorn ceiling removal, paint, refinish the hardwood on the first floor and replace laminate on the second. Replace all baseboards. Both contractors advised ceiling and paint first before flooring work. Anyhow, I'll take everyone's feedback and fix the walls ourselves.”
“Just came here to vent. I have reason to do a lot of drywall patching in my home, and have gotten pretty good... I tend to feather things out further than I need to to make it blend better. This was just about ready to sand, when I ran my hand over it and felt wobbly spot. It's an inch and a half in length worth of tape... 🤦🏽♀️ I was rushing when I first put in the patch, not enough mud behind the tape. What's the chances of me being able to cut it open with my knife and just put some”
“Besides replacement, are these fixable? Engineered flooring. TIA! submitted by /u/ShapeBackground [link] [comments]”
“more for the wookie guy- the living room last one I placed phone to mark where the line was of seam because hard to see in bright light submitted by /u/Open_Material1719 [link] [comments]”
“Looking to get floors done so im going to attempt to do some drywall and paint myself beforehand to save some money. Not sure the best way to take care of this, expanding foam and then mud over it? Cut out a section and put in a new piece of drywall then mud? Very little experience with drywall… Also on pic 2 and 3 can i just scrape all the loose shit outta there and mud over it? Prime it first? Or best way to cut it out and replace? Thanks for any advice. submitted by /u/vanscthedur”