Dusk Bennett wrote on Tue, 23 December 2008 09:14 |
Once they start to mud and tape though doesnt the mud and tape on the corners marry the two pieces together anyways, sort of defeating the purpose of resillient channel? |
martindale wrote on Tue, 23 December 2008 17:43 |
mass is your only real friend at this point. |
martindale wrote on Tue, 23 December 2008 17:43 |
The use of caulk at floors and edges and piece joins is to ensure the assembly is air tight--this is not a place where physical de-coupling happens. You also don't need "acoustic" (non-hardening) caulk here cause you are not trying to "float" --you are need to seal. Non-hardening caulk has its use in other places. If you forgo the resilient, bring all the drywall as close as possible to the floor and edges, don't hold off 1/4"---and then caulk the small seam that is left. Good luck! Happy Christmas if you can rest easy! |