WOOHOO! Good weather = time to build

[doctorwayne]

Hmmm...okay, as I said, I don't want to contradict the Good Doctor. I just know how rocking crews rocked all of the many houses I used to finish out.

Absolutely no problem, scubadude. I'm obviously not a professional drywaller but I do know what worked for me. And you are correct: most homes nowadays, except those with extra-high ceilings, have the board applied horizontally. This, I've been told, is either from "past practice" or, more often, at the request of the tapers. Because they need to get the job done as quickly as possible (the faster you work, the more homes in that latest subdivision will be done by your crew, rather than by someone else's) saving a few feet of taping and mudding in every room can add up. There's no need to comment further on the quality of the work, though.

Wayne