OutinDaBarn t1_j21c9eo wrote
I'd drywall over the top of the fiber board if you can. Are there any outlets and switches you'd have to deal with?
You can hang the drywall yourself and find a drywaller to mud and tape it. I had a guy mud and tape my garage for $300. Worth every penny. I talked to him before I started drywalling so it was the way he wanted it for mudding.
As with most trades having cold beer around helps.
payzanto OP t1_j21ecuj wrote
There are some outlets and switches. I'd like for them to be flush with the installed drywall. I'm not sure yet how to do that. Currently the outlets and switches protrude from the particle board (as demonstrated in the 2nd photo in https://imgur.com/a/70C616t).
Why drywall over fiberboard instead of just replacing the fiber board with drywall altogether? Just easier to place it on top, and provides a tad more insulation keeping the fiber board around?
OutinDaBarn t1_j21npzx wrote
If there insulation behind the fiberboard, I'd be inclined to just leave it. If it has asbestos in it that's the cheapest and easiest. It's a fair insulator too. I hate fiberboard. No real reason, I just do. lol If you take it off you have to do something with it. It's made not to burn worth a darn. Dumpsters are expensive.
The electrical presents some interesting challenges. You can move the boxes out by cutting around the fiberboard and moving them or extend the boxes. Depending on who wired it you may have enough wire to extend them. Murphy's law says some of the wires will be way short, always!
If you take the fiberboard off you could move the wires in the exposed conduit into the walls and clean that up. That's a factor to consider. I only saw the 1 section of conduit.
There's not a wrong way to go. It's really your choice. Just because I have an opinion, doesn't make me right. Hopefully, I'm given you somethings to consider.
Fmlyhmalm t1_j23mib7 wrote
What you have on you wall is concrete board many brands make it hardi-board or dura rock ect which you can skim coat with concrete (mix to the consistency of drywall mud) to make it smooth. Or you can go right overtop with drywall and construction adhesive.
WISteven t1_j23xstm wrote
Find a sketchy drywall guy who works for cash and watch and learn. They can get it done fast. The meth heads are very productive in the first three hours or so.
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