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DIY- drywall

Q. Would anyone allow a second drywall layer over that patch job, how bout paneling?
 
Early in my career I saw a similar thing and it was actually a drywall contractor that did it on his own home. I think he did it on a bet that he could do a job without any scrap. He regretted it when finishing though. Someone told that story again at his funeral several years later.

I have seen lots of houses where the scrap was found between the studs on interior walls (including one I owned and discovered during a bathroom remodel).

I was brought in to finish out a home remodel once after some unexpected changes in personnel and when I asked the lady how she now liked her home and she said well enough but it always smelled like drywall dust. She hit the thermostat and I got a whiff. I checked a nearby register and found that all of the ducts had drywall scrap stuffed in them - lots of scraps too! She was a very difficult client for the short time I had in the project and I suspect that previous personnel had enough of her to do something like that.

I heard somewhere that there are now recycling centers for drywall scraps - has any one seen that happening?

Every job creates tons of drywall scrap.
 
I've seen the scraps in stud bays also.............haven't seen/heard about any recycling for drywall.
 
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