PSA: I saw a crew in Phoenix last week hanging board with no back blocking on a 20 foot ceiling

I was picking up some materials from a supply house over by the airport, and the guy next to me was bragging about how his crew was flying through a big commercial job. He said they were hanging 12-foot sheets on a 20-foot ceiling with just a lift and adhesive, no back blocking at all. I asked him straight up if he was worried about sag or fastener pop, and he just shrugged and said the glue would hold it. That was last Tuesday. I drove by that site yesterday and you could already see waves forming in the afternoon sun. How is that even a debate? You can't skip the basics just to save a few hours. Has anyone else run into crews cutting that corner on high ceilings?

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kai5649d ago

Man, that reminds me of a hotel lobby I worked on years back. They used the wrong mud on the high ceiling arches, and within a month it looked like a topo map of the Rockies. The GC tried to blame it on the HVAC guys.

xena8869d ago

Topo map of the Rockies, huh? Classic GC move.