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Heard a guy at the supply house say he never tapes inside corners first
I was grabbing mud in Tacoma yesterday and this installer was telling his buddy he always does the flats before any inside corners. Said it 'saves time and the corner beads hold it all together anyway'. I think that's a fast track to cracks and callbacks. My boss taught me to lock in those inside corners with tape first, every single time. It gives the whole wall a solid start. Am I the only one who thinks skipping that step is asking for trouble?
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butler.brian2d ago
My old foreman in Spokane ran his crews that way, flats first for twenty years. Then we did a big apartment remodel where every single inside corner from the original build had a hairline crack. Watching him fix them all changed my mind. The tape in the corner is the backbone, and you don't skip putting in the backbone. I lock them in first now, no question.
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