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Doctor_Frasier_Crane t1_j6eua50 wrote

Normally the sheets should all fall mid-way between the floor joists since 16 & 24-inch joist spacing lines up with 4x8-foot sheets of drywall.

You can cut it back to the middle of the floor joist and screw it in. Go slow when screwing it in, or better yet, spend $5 and get a drywall dimpler bit that should prevent you from over-driving the screws.

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/dewalt-drywall-dimplers-3-pack-/1000112322

Buy/rent/borrow a drywall lifter if you have a lot to do, or google "how to hang drywall by yourself" and "drywall deadman". You can build a jig out of a couple of pieces of 2x4 to help hold up the sheets.

You're definitely going to need to secure a 2x4 to the left side, by the closet area so you can hang the sheet along that edge. You can't have a long edge like that unsupported.

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CDSEChris OP t1_j6f34n4 wrote

Thanks! It's my first time doing this so I think I needed the confidence

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Doctor_Frasier_Crane t1_j6fiwit wrote

Check out the Home Renovision YouTube channel. And Vancouver Carpenter. Lots of great advice and how-to.

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