Great work as always. I finished an entire office in my house with your teaching, and I’ve had more than one person say it looks like a pro did it. Thanks for teaching!

Your videos are not only informative and educational, but even therapeutic. Love watching you work!

I wasn't sure how the exposed studs would look being a lil rough but holy crap. The work you did really makes it looks great. It has the juxtaposition of acknowledging the age of the house along with current new work. Really amazing job and thank you for bringing us along. This was really unique!

Ben, I love watching you tackle interesting stuff like this. My struggles with drywalling stemmed from trying to get stuff too perfect too early, and watching your videos made me realize that's not only a waste of time, but sometimes counterproductive to getting a nice finished product. Thank you. (I went ahead and converted my closet access to side attic to a flush cabinet panel using that video of yours, btw. much better than removing 4 pieces of trim and nails/screws every time.)

It's been a minute since he's posted a video like this, I've missed them. Also, I like the exposed studs as well, it looks sick.

From the US and I've never heard the "dog's breakfast" slang before... you learn something every day.

You have a gift! Not everyone can explain their process, especially in an easyily digestable way. We appreciate it! Thank you for continuing to boost my confidence and knowledge so I can continue my remodel instead of hiring someone who probably wouldnt do it as correctly as I want it done 🙏🏼

Awesome work Ben! Thanks for sharing all the details of this rather intricate project. It looks great!

A good tip is to use tear away beads all around the studs where they meet the ceiling. They will definitely get movement in those studs ( especially in an old house in Canada) which will cause cracking and a gap to form. Not to mention the tear aways eliminate the need to mask off the stud and you get perfect lines against the studs. If you don't want the shadow line from the tear away than putting a good sliconized caulk will last a century, even with all the movement from old houses .

You really do fantastic work, thank you for all of your help and taking the time to upload these videos. Helped me a ton while renovating our place!!

Love your spirit and videos. You've given me the courage to do my own drywall work. Thanks! "Everybody got to deviate from the norm." RUSH

Love this video. Your patience and attention to small details is awesome. I’m not afraid to work on tape and floating anymore. Thank you so much. 👍

Maybe your most Bob Ross video. Amazing work.

This viddie was most definatey something I've never done. It was like an adventure for me to watch you sort it out. Good show mate.

I still saw that gigantic blob of runny mud plop on the floor even though you cut it! :) :) :) LOL Thanks for teaching me how to skim coat. You're the Go To!

Very nice! And i am finishing drywall in my living room today. Youre beginner series was extremely timely.

I love when you have weird-ass projects like this that make my brain scramble to look at 🤣🤣🤣🤣

BUD! I have been a professional all trades remodeler for going on 23 years.. @1:12 is the BEST hack EVER!! with that pencil holding that guard for those angle cuts.

I've watched a lot of your videos because I've been renovating an old house over the last year. You make it look so easy. The videos have been very helpful.

I'm so glad I found your channel. You're very calm and nonchalant, and that's so reassuring for someone learning about drywall for the first time. I'm renovating the kitchen in my 1910 house after a leaking baseboard heater rotted half the floor away. We just bought the house last year and everytime I look too close at anything I find just the worst and laziest work by the previous owners. They had fake wood paneling up in the kitchen, held up by a few nails. Tore that off to find drywall that wasn't taped or mudded, attached to the original studs that are 24 inches apart. Pulled out the old, moldy insulation with no vapor barrier only to see the outside tar paper between the orignal wood siding and light shining in from the outside, and no attempt at flashing around the windows. I live in New England so you can imagine how not great that all is haha

Oh, so you ARE still a carpenter! Enjoyed the video and I always like watching your drywall/mudding mastery!

Found your videos before drywalling my basement. Watched probably 5-6 hours of your drywall videos and I want to thank you for teaching me how to hang and tape. Took me probably 2-3 days longer than it would have taken you to tape , but my results were excellent. Thank you again , wouldn’t have come out nearly as good if it weren’t for you.

Another fabulous video Ben, thank you 😁👍

Excellent execution on a unique space. I love the outcome and I'm sure the owner will too!

Excellent, a work of art!!!

Its because of that moment at 13:29 i would have wrapped the entire stud top to bottom. 😂 I am a mess tho. Still learning, which is why I'm here. So keep up the awesome work!

Excellent work! Ive been missing the long form videos. Keep em coming!!

This is an incredible work. Looks very nice!

Ben, the stud master. Awesome work man!

I am always learning with you man!! 2y working as a painter/plaster and most of process I learned here. Thank you

Beautiful work, as always.

The sanding giraffe at double speed sounds like a great metal concert!

You make it look so easy!!!! It’s stuff like this where the customer tries to save money by leaving it but all the framing, insulation, VB, boarding, taping…. Takes a ton of time and it’s a pain. Keep it up love your content

Chunks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 6. I like how you count. Nice job. Coming to the end of my project so I don't have much if any drywall stuff left, but this was interesting none-the-less.

It's awesome to be able to watch a pro, thanks. The fact that you show your mistakes, not edit them out, doesn't go unnoticed. Question: can you address good and bad things to use to mark drywall measurements? Pen, marker, pencil? What'll bleed through etc...

You’re the Bob Ross of drywalling. Love your work!

Wow that turned out way better than I expected.

Wow, that’s quite a complex job. Lots of details and so well done.

I like the look, thanks for sharing. I probably would have shimmed the drywall to avoid cutting the corner bead, but I'm old & getting lazy! LOL

Your exactly right, on the sanding, it does make a difference.

your videos have helped me a lot with remodeling rooms in my house

amazing workmanship

amazing work!

You've worn the look just fine over the years! 😊

We working men. It is the way to be learnings something new every day never close your mind,and never I no everything... Keeps the good work Rolin. That the way😊 love your mind set

Very technical work Ben ~ it turned out nice.

Awesome job! Always love the new videos! Ive used a trim tex edge bead around posts, but flat taping works great too 👍

You're work looks great. Why anyone would want exposed 2x4s is beyond me.

Another AMAZING Job!!!!!

Great video. Now I’ve got an idea how to tape and mud in around some stairs with a support post at the landing.

Dang nice work cutting that corner bead and all, VC!

Really satisfying watching the layers build up around the studs. Finished product looks great. I was thinking you could make more vertical relief cuts in the bead for the cut outs, so you're only bending off a smaller piece each time.

Love your bead choice, trying to decide why you don’t use your angle tape. Level line works amazing

As an American, I had to go Google "a dog's breakfast" 😅 Excellent video as always!

This was great like always!

The Bob Ross of drywall ladies and gentlemen

Hmm? I enjoyed the video. What I learned: NO! I was going to suggest lightly sanding what looks like redwood studs, but upon closer look they have a lot of defects. I would also have done simple trim/wood where the studs meet the drywall. Guess I’m lazy. This vid certainly showcased your skills.

Interesting video, but what struck me the most, is the fact that you called that space a "dogs breakfast" 😂

I'm thinking it would be beneficial to have both a left and right cut snip for this job, so you can come in from both side to cut the slot off. For people who don't know, the left/right hand name has nothing to do with which hand/direction you can cut with it, but which side the waste curl goes.

Am I going to need to come up and teach you how to cover the wood up quickly. Fiba Fuse is amazing.

Impressive work

For me the new one was the phrase "dog's breakfast." Never heard that one before

This was a fun one!

My wife asked what I was watching. An artist I said, an artist.

Nice corner 💯👏

Had to do that at a commercial site with their I-Beams. Was absolutely annoying. Glad it was easier for me to clean off.

Great work as usual, Ben. Just a thought... When you're notching the corner bead to fit around the studs: after you scored it and made the outer cuts, why not make a few relief cuts across it, like you would if you were chiseling it out? Smaller pieces would bend and break off easier, less stress on the corner bead. Like I said, just a thought. You do excellent work, my friend.

That looks amazing! What if they ask you to case them in next? 😀

Thanks for teaching

Amazing!

Outstanding job ... probably should have wrapped the studs in paper to avoid splatter. I would have left the tape on until the paint job was done too.

I did this with the rafters in the entryway of my house. Then I wrapped them in alder and stained them to match my front door. I figured if it didn’t look good, I would just drywall over it like normal and no one would know about my dumb idea! Came out great though. People always comment on it.

That corner bead is reason enough to carry a nibbler tool. But great alternative if you don't have one!

I wouldn't do the vapor barrier on that house. Those cavities were engineered without a vapor barrier in mind. I don't know if code in Canada would let you do that though. Like you said it probably doesn't do anything because you only did it where you opened the wall. But reinsulating an old wall requires that you engineer it keeping mind things like what the exterior wall is doing in-regards to moisture. Putting insulatation in there may even be a bad idea, it looks like those beams have gotten wet and that's okay if they can dry. I hope if there was no insulation that they put up some air flow solution before the fiberglass insulation.

I don't know Ben but maybe it's time to re-name the channel to Vancouver Carpenter & Drywaller. lol

🙌 on top the game wit drywall and youtube still! 100💯

rip to that mud you dropped on the floor at 16:40 LOL

Used FibaFuse for the first time this week. Aside from how thick it is, I love it!

Very interesting video. But I’m trying to figure out the “why”. I’d hate to waste that space. And reframing would be tricky (and pricey).

I have learned so much that I think I could do it myself! I have watched quite a lot of these vids. Be kind to each other. Stay safe. Love to all

pretty cool!

Damn son, that shit looks nice, i like it.

Very nice! I’ve been doing similar work in an early 1800s farmhouse. One thing though-I like to avoid getting mud and dust on the exposed framing. Beat up/aged is a good look, but in my opinion mud on them doesn’t feel the same. I’m curious if you have a preferred approach for that? I’ve just been wrapping the exposed framing in plastic all the way up and down, and laying the mud right up to the plastic. Then, as you’ve done, I cut a clean line to remove the plastic at the end. If i get any exposed plastic at the seam that I don’t like, I can always put some trim up to cover the connection.

Can't be a much better architectural detail finisher than Ben. He's damn good at what he does.....I might be a tad better but he's damn good 😜🤪😜🤪

Proooo. I think I would have carved out a bit of the mud around the posts and filled it with caulking so it can expand and shrink with movement

21:54 feels like a certified Bob Ross moment. 😌

Hey Ben! Thanks for so much informative content. I'm building out a home studio for voiceover. Basically a small room contained within my office. Following some advice from a friend, I plan on using Quietrock for the exterior of the mini-room and Green Glue acoustic caulking to pre-fill the seams. My questions are: Have you used either of these products before? Any advice on installation/application? And would you recommend mudding over the seams after applying the acoustic caulk? All the best! Thanks!

masterful

This wouldn't be allowed in the UK for fire regulation reasons. Maybe there are exceptions, but generally studwork needs covering with plasterboard to prevent spread of fire. Interesting though

Great job. I see what looks like mud on the studs, how are you going to clean that off?

10:59 My wayward son. There'll be peace when you are done 😉🤣

Beautifully done! Just curious as to why you wouldn't use a vinyl corner there to make the cutting around the studs much easier

Not certain on the correct term, but front cutter pliers seem like a good tool for that cutout.

I always wondered what the pros were doing in those exposed stuff scenario. because of wood movement I would have thought it needed some sort of special corners to wrap arround the wood and to have a sharp edge, but I guess all this is not required and we can just plaster on wood.

Do the edge like you did but use a Darby on the rest, Vancouver I believe I need to come up there, as long as they aren’t going to force my vaccination. I’m using MMS1 so far no sickness in ten years

looks good from my house 🤪

Looks great. Would you ever use a metal angle along the edge of beams? In Australia, the angle is called P10 and gives you a nice clean edge without the need for tape.

I like little o'chunk 7 but double chunk 6s got my brain all messed up 😅

Love all your videos, I've learned a lot!! One question, fibafuse...where can I get it in the US, or what is it called here??

Next they'll make you do half exposed wall studs. ( Run if they try! XD )