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US 12,291,866 B2Granted
Method of installing drywall
OwnerJerry Moscovitchinventor
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Abstract
Described herein is a method of installing dry wall boards. The boards are installed to create seams that run up from the floor to the ceiling along a wall, then across the ceiling and down an opposite wall. The seams lie within a planar box of suitable thickness.
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A method of installing drywall in a room containing a first wall framing, an opposite second wall framing and a ceiling framing, the method comprising:
- providing a first drywall apparatus having a first wall panel hingeably connected to a first ceiling panel via a first hinge;
- providing a second drywall apparatus having a second wall panel hingeably connected to a second ceiling panel via a second hinge;
- securing the first wall panel to the first wall framing and the first ceiling panel to the ceiling framing;
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- securing the second wall panel to the second wall framing and the second ceiling panel to the ceiling framing, such that an edge of the first drywall apparatus perpendicular to the first hinge and an edge of the second drywall apparatus perpendicular to the second hinge lie within a nominal planar box having a first dimension, a second dimension and a third dimension that are mutually perpendicular, such that the first dimension has a length that increases without bound in both directions, the second dimension has a width that increases without bound in both directions and the third dimension has a thickness of less than or equal to four inches.
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A method of installing drywall in a room to form a ceiling and at least one pair of opposite walls comprising:
- securing drywall boards to framing to create non-corner drywall seams formed by abutting pairs of drywall boards that are not perpendicular, wherein the non-corner drywall seams can be partitioned into a plurality of groups, each group a) containing at least three non-corner seams consisting of a wall seam, an opposite wall seam and at least one ceiling seam and b) being associated with a respective nominal planar box having a first dimension, a second dimension and a third dimension that are mutually perpendicular, such that the first dimension has a length that increases without bound in both directions, the second dimension has a width that increases without bound in both directions and the third dimension has a thickness of less than or equal to 4 inches, wherein the at least three non-corner seams contained in each group lie within the respective nominal planar box associated therewith;
- adding drywall compound to the at least three seams of each group;
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- taping the at least three seams of each group with a continuous ribbon of drywall tape.
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A method of installing drywall in a room containing a first wall framing, a second opposite wall framing, a third wall framing, a fourth opposite wall framing and a ceiling framing, the method comprising:
- providing a first drywall board having a first edge;
- affixing the first drywall board to the first wall framing, such that the first drywall board is displaced from both the third wall framing and the fourth opposite wall framing;
- providing a second drywall board having a second edge;
- affixing the second drywall board to the second opposite wall framing, such that the second drywall board is displaced from both the third wall framing and the fourth opposite wall framing;
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- providing ceiling drywall boards, each having a ceiling edge;
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- affixing the ceiling drywall boards to the ceiling framing so that said ceiling drywall boards extend from the first drywall board to the second drywall board, wherein the first edge, the second edge and each of the ceiling edges lie within a nominal planar box having a first dimension, a second dimension and a third dimension that are mutually perpendicular, such that the first dimension has a length that increases without bound in both directions, the second dimension has a width that increases without bound in both directions and the third dimension has a thickness of less than or equal to four inches;
- abutting other drywall boards to the first edge, the second edge and the ceiling edges to form seams between the other drywall boards and the first drywall board, the second drywall board and the ceiling drywall boards, wherein the seams lie within the nominal planar box;
- adding drywall compound to the seams;
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- taping the seams with a continuous ribbon of drywall tape.
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