roberts.jordan•19d agoProlific Poster

Switched my corner bead method and saw instant results on a high ceiling job

I did a big basement finish near Detroit last month with 10 foot ceilings. I had always used paper faced metal corner bead because that's what I learned on. Switched to a vinyl L bead for this job after a buddy kept bugging me about it. The time I saved on not having to prefill and tape the outside corners was NUTS, probably cut 2 hours off my day. Has anyone else found that certain beads work way better on taller walls?

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miam1119d agoMost Upvoted

Funny you say that because I was totally against vinyl for years. I was a paper faced metal guy through and through, thought anything else was cutting corners. But then I did a 12 foot ceiling job in a church basement and after the first day my shoulder was wrecked from holding strips up. Buddy forced me to try the vinyl L bead and I gotta admit I was wrong. The time savings on tall walls is real because you don't have to fight the weight or mess with prefill. I still use metal for stuff that's going to take abuse but for high ceilings the vinyl is a no brainer now.

calebw5019d ago

Hold on, 12 foot ceilings in a church basement? That's wild. I've never seen a basement with ceilings that high, most are barely 7 and a half feet with all the ductwork running through them. But I feel you on the shoulder thing though. After wrestling with metal L bead on a 10 foot wall for a whole day, my arm feels like it's going to fall off. I still hate the idea of using plastic on anything that might see a broom handle or a chair back, but for something that high up where nobody's gonna touch it, I get it.