Spent 6 hours on a single corner bead today in an old house

I was working in this house built in the 40s near Denver and the corners were all out of square by like an inch. Tried to just float it out with mud but it kept cracking. Had to rip the old bead off, shim the studs, and put on a new no-coat bead. Took me from 8am to almost 2pm just to get that one damn corner flat. Has anyone else dealt with framing that's just completely wonky like that?

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barbararamirez25d ago

Used to think old houses were easy until a 1940s Denver corner took me 6 hours too.

ivan87325d ago

Oh man, tell me about it! Those old corners are brutal.