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Why does nobody warn you that nails pop loose when you nail ceiling drywall from below
I was nailing up drywall on a ceiling in a garage in Boise last spring and every seam cracked within two weeks, so I asked an old guy at the lumber yard and he said you gotta use screws up there, nails wiggle loose when the framing moves. Now I'm stuck between two camps, some guys swear by ring shank nails and glue and say screws snap under stress, others say screws only, so which one actually holds up over 5 years? Would love to hear what failed for you guys first.
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lane.joel1h ago
The thing nobody talks about is the temp swing. Boise goes from 95 in summer to 20 in winter, and that garage ceiling is baking and freezing all year. The wood joists shrink and swell way more than the drywall does, so anything rigid up there is getting worked back and forth. Ring shanks hold better than smooth nails, but glue is what actually saves you, because it lets the panel float a little instead of fighting the lumber. Check what the framing was at when you hung it too, because if you nailed it up in spring when the wood was wet, it's gonna shrink and pop everything by fall.
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