Comments on: DIY: Rocking https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/ Reuse. Rehabilitate. Restore. Architectural salvage and repurposed pieces for the home. Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:14:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1326 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:42:45 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1326 Chutzpah, Hubbie is at work right now. This is Wifey. The apartment is the garden level of a brownstone…or the basement level. Our Brooklyn parlor level ceilings can kick your Queens walls any day of the week! 😉

]]> By: Chutzpah! https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1323 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:22:34 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1323 Hubbie,

Tnx for the followup. I guess I am too used to my 12′ walls. Do we build ’em bigger out here in Queens?

]]> By: Hubbie https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1295 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:07:35 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1295 Chutzpah,
the room is not tiny – the walls are 8′-4 – the guy is 6′-4″ + arm say 1′-4″ + drill 8″ min = 8′-4 QED

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1292 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:05:00 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1292 How come my husband didn’t know about that gadget? He just takes the drill away from me because I’m too heavy handed. BTW, he was supposed to write this article for me, but didn’t follow through. So if it seems like I don’t know what I’m talking about it’s because I don’t. 😉

]]> By: kevin https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1287 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:24:27 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1287 Buy a special drywall dimple screw bit for your drill. Takes all the guesswork/annoyance out of how far to drill your screws. They have a spring inside them so the bit pops back and prevents you from puncturing the drywall.

They range in price from like $6 to $14 at most hardware stores.

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1279 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:22:15 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1279 Well, we’re tiny people.

]]> By: Chutzpah! https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1274 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:02:02 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1274 6’4″ guy can reach the ceiling without fully extending his arm?? What a tiny room this must be 🙂

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1273 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:32:37 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1273 Thanks, Yeshwant. Dimple, not puncture. You won’t find me doing a taping post because I am TERRIBLE at taping! That’s the one thing we have to have to bring in a pro for.

Upstate, yeah, that’s just his style.

]]> By: Yeshwant https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1272 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:08:59 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1272 Just a tip: Do NOT punture the paper, it makes the sheetrock weak. Just get the screw in to the point where it dimples the paper, but does not break through it. Then apply joint compound with your drywall knife over the dimple. May have to repeat.
Taping is more difficult. I have always foudn the fiberglass perforated selfadhesive tape, much much easier to work with than the paper.

]]> By: iloveupstate.com https://reclaimedhome.com/2007/11/28/diy-rocking/#comment-1270 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:27:32 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/?p=644#comment-1270 this wold be more fun if your husband wore half-shirts ala the early 1980’s. Just sayin’.

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