How-To Eliminate Butt Joints using Trim-Tex Buttboard

In this video we visited a jobsite from our friends over at Baglioni Drywall and Eterna Homes to go over the benefits of using Trim-Tex Buttboard.

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[twjull]

Just did 150 - sheet job in Phoenix Arizona, used 2 cases of buttboards. Used 12 fewer boxes of mud and saved time both hanging and finishing. Large great room ceiling and master bedroom ceiling came out perfectly flat. Would recommend blocking the ceiling joints at the wall with a 2x4, to stop the uplift of the drywall at the wall angle. Highly recommend this product.

[krakenwoodfloorservicemcma]

I was making these 20 years ago from scrap plywood on a table saw. Never even thought to market it lol.

[danielaguilar]

Amazing! That’s so easy! Now I can save money on sheets, especially if we hang more then 350 sheets a day with my crew, and we save time forks my finishers, that is a time and money saver! The finishers will require those buttboards at the job. DrywallNation thanks for sharing those things.

[iluvkmg]

Great idea, but surely buying a sheet of OSB and ripping it down to 100mm strips to use in the same way has to be more cost effective?

[SuperJupiter]

some incredible detail work in that home .you are not eliminating butt joints...how-to create more efficient butt joints for taping & hanging he would never break on the same area as shown.

[totallynottrademarked]

Now when you lean into the wall you can break 4 sheets instead of 1. Idk why people think a floating joint with no support is superior in any way. Cosmetic advantages at the cost of structural strength are not advantages.

[guyincognito]

Wow. As a DIY homeowner I'm sold. I like it. It'll be interesting to see if it takes off with the pros. I think it could go either way. I definitely see the higher end more custom home guys taking it up. The production side though, it has to actually be faster and cheaper to take off.

[sidsid]

Butt boards at about $2.50 per 4 ft are too expensive. These butt boards should be 8 ft long (not 4 f), to avoid seams in the butt boards. It is better to make your own 8 butt boards 8 ft long out of 7/16 OSB sheet.

[cjstacey]

I like the way that brain words everything he says. Very informative and straight to the point

[vhehn]

i make my own. rip a piece of osb 7 inches then staple a drywall shim on each end. would rather use store bought ones but nobody here carries them.

[andrewcarr]

I can see the advantage of them but drywall manufacturers do specify in their installation guides to stagger joints wherever possible. You could use longer lengths (again, recommended by USG, et al) but those are unwieldy to hang and hard to deliver after framing is complete. Seem a little gimicky but certainly a good enough product. I would use them for ceilings in my own renos.

[Bearhater]

Wouldnt you cut one board to lap the gap? Now you have 2 materials butted together at the same point

[BWIL]

Thanks that's great information 47 years never heard of it

[timehrat]

around here in illinois we stand the rock up just flat joints

[rlvtrader]

I bought a pack for under $60 bucks from a local drywall store. It worked great for the ceiling in the master bedroom I just completed. It made a pain in the ass job easier, so it was well worth it for me.
I did a little planning on the layout to minimize butt edges and I ended up with a a few boards left over. It was still way cheaper than hiring someone to do the job.

[markhilliersupportstaff]

I can’t see the mud savings bigger than the. OST of this board at $110 Canadian a box. Savings is just not balanced out

[mattfrick]

Why can't drywall manufacturers make the drywall with tapered edges on all four sides, instead of just the edges?

[crossbow]

Those things look like strips of OSB is that what it is?

[morrismonk]

Have a look at the outside garbage bins in a new home developments. They are filled with piles of short ends of OSB and plywood sheathing that all goes to the landfill. All of that scrap can be used for drywall backing. It does the exact same thing as this product and costs nothing. Using the scraps is also more environmentally friendly

[rharris]

What about not staggering your sheets instead of all 4 corners meeting up and possibly making a problem....is this product addressing that issue