How to cut Drywall like a pro

Hello Everyone,
In today's video, we are discussing drywall cutting tips to hopefully make your DIY project a little easier. As always I hope you enjoy and learn something. Also if you have your own tips or have a different way of cutting drywall. Please don't hesitate to put it down in the comments. My hope is to make this channel a community of pros and DIYers that can help each other get better at anything construction related.
Til next time.

[@ColeRuddick]

Having never messed with drywall and now needing to complete a basement, this was super helpful. Thanks!

[@DVSVentures]

Good luck. you got this!

[@Ahmad_Askar]

nothing beats experience

[@RenoPayto]

Will be using ur technique in my first project I like that this video was short and straightforward

[@jamienoonan1186]

A few good tips, thanks for sharing. Good video mate.

[@MrBEZROC]

Badass video bro! Thanks

[@crm75c]

Very nice tips!

[@Doodchillbro]

honestly, this was helpful and straight to the point. interesting techniques that make sense brother.

[@DVSVentures]

Glad it helped

[@dsus9127]

Great little tips keep up the good work 👍

[@DVSVentures]

Will do thank you

[@ahuachapan2]

Very useful

[@dl4065]

Ignore the haters, great tips for the beginners.

[@tractordirt]

Excellent, thanks!

[@DVSVentures]

Glad it was helpful!

[@darrellroireau4061]

Great tips!

[@DVSVentures]

Glad you like them!

[@dionpayne6088]

Thank you, you taught me a lot ,

[@DVSVentures]

Glad to help

[@bannedlist3451]

Thanks man!

[@DVSVentures]

I’m glad it helped.

[@samalfellah2066]

Nice techniques buddy 👍 👌

[@DVSVentures]

Thanks

[@morninboy]

May I suggest getting a wallboarders buddy. It both measures and cuts. I just did a whole house with one and loved how versatile it was. Lots of thin strips for window returns and detailing came easy

[@DVSVentures]

Can you send me a link to the ones you have

[@morninboy]

@@DVSVentures There are you tube videos under the same name. I use a lot of poly iso insulation in framing and it is the perfect tool for cutting it. We do what is called smart framing that reduces thermal bridiging so it is applied in areas such as rim joists and exterior bearing points

[@zacha7221]

I love the tip about rubbing the rip back and forth to clean up the edges, I don't think I've ever seen that on a job site. However, I have seen many people use their knife the same way as you for a rasp and I wonder how quickly that dulls the edge. I, personally, don't like a rasp taking up space in my pouches but I do always have my speed square and that makes a great rasp, or even THE BACK of the razor blade, just flip it over! It has the same effect! Otherwise great video and very helpful

[@jamalhenry8745]

Broooo you guys are all rookies in the comments. These are all old school trade ideas lmao.

[@zacha7221]

@@jamalhenry8745 gotta learn somehow. These crabby old fucks on the job don't teach shit they just yell and degrade you. If tradesmen were more willing to teach the young guys we wouldn't have to subcontract so many fucking Latinos, which they obviously hate dealing with too. Rookie? Sure. Moving up fast? Definitely. This shit is easy, you just gotta see someone do it once.

[@juangabriel5752]

great video

[@DVSVentures]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jgood1089]

Damn man missed a chance to say "grip it and rip it" too bad. Lol when you were ripping the sheetrock.

[@DVSVentures]

Lol 😂 next time

[@ScottyMedina]

I have to sheetrock some small areas in a bathroom. Is there a difference in the thickness of sheetrock that I should be getting? Your cutting technique is very good.

[@DVSVentures]

Ya typically for most residential houses you’re gonna do half-inch some older homes that have plaster or paneling might have quarter inch drywall over the top of it most commercial do five eights. I would guess if it’s a residential house it would be half-inch drywall.

[@CellinMr]

where did you buy this belt? Great video

[@DVSVentures]

I puzzled it together from old belts I had laying around. You can still get most of those individually at Menards or Berlin’s house of tools

[@frankfranco5152]

I wish cutting 5/8 was that easy

[@ianhunt6438]

How would you cut a 4 inch bottom strip off a 10 or 12 foot piece of drywall when you are installing the lower drywall? This is a horizontal application.

[@DVSVentures]

Assuming you have room to move around with a 10 or 12 foot piece of drywall I would cut the 4 inches off the top and flip it. But I typically try to avoid small rips at the bottom like that by figuring out my layout for drywall seams by keeping my first seam between 16”-32” from the ground up. I hope this helps

[@ianhunt6438]

@@DVSVentures Thank you.

[@Skashoon]

No matter how many times and how carefully I measure and cut, it always has an angle, is too long/short and I miss the receptacles & switches. I have a drywall t square, a carpenter’s square, a speed square and straight edges. It’s frustrating.

[@DVSVentures]

A big part is where you pull your measurements from what I like to do, is set up a self level laser And get my measurements from inside corner to the center of the stud on the laser and that helps with all the other sheets and also I measure from left to right and ceiling to floor

[@DVSVentures]

As far as the receptacles I measure approximate center and a drill out a 1 inch hole. Once you hang the drywall and get about four screws in the sheet I take my Roto zip I put my finger inside the hole the fuel where exactly the receptacle is and then I cut around it. I hope this helps.

[@robertdooling3146]

Loose the 2x4s boards are sitting on your gonna wind up tripping over them

[@rogelioandersen5842]

Sharpen your pencil first, then replace the blade... 🤦‍♂️

[@DVSVentures]

Hahahah 🤙🏼👍🏼👌🏼

[@evenbiggerafricanguy3079]

Dad?

[@DVSVentures]

Son?

[@scotteklof5082]

I guess I am going to be a critic. First off loose the 2x4 stickers. They are a pain in the rear. Second off the fastest hangers always use their offs. If your number is 36 and a quarter abbreviate it too 36 and two, Hangers always use eights but would never say two eights. Just pull down 11 and 6 and make your rip. Using offs is always quicker if you can do the math. Also, you should be able to remember the numbers till you get back to the board pile even if you just blazed up a big puffer. Write it down on the board if you need too. And why did you cut the rip first? Didn't you just waist the butt end? What are you going to do with that little piece? It would have made a good butt if you had cut it off first, unless you needed that 11 and 6 rip. And never place you t square with the t at the top. They fall down this way and get tweaked. Why even have a t square if you are going to use a tape as a straight edge? And what's with the claw tooth hammer? Pros use axes. The axe has many applications wear as the claw has non on a dry wall job. Good luck

[@JSlizzo]

Lol what a try hard . Dudes putting out a video to help your average Joe and u gotta flex like drywall is some rocket science . Go away nobody cares ! Edit reminds me of my days working for the General Manager overseeing entire large projects and I'd have to tell people like this guy who commented to just hang your rectangles and stfu! Heh everyone always thought they knew it all and their trade was cancer curing ! Hilarious. Good video tho

[@irwassermann]

The video made sense. Your comment did not. What is offs? What is blazed and big puffer? I think the video is great for the layman but your reply is for folks in the industry who would not need to watch it to begin with.

[@JSlizzo]

@@irwassermann yea it's always the kids that have been doing it for a few months that get all serious about it .wayyy too serious about hanging rectangles !@!! hangin some 'tangles!

[@scotteklof5082]

@@irwassermann Forgive me for being so critical. Yes, for an occasional drywall job this information is useful. An off is when you do math in order to save a few steps. For instance, a twelve-foot sheet of drywall is 144 inches. If you decide to cut a piece that is 139 inches, it is faster if you just measure 5 inches off the sheet on the side you want to cut. This method is more efficient, and hangers who can do this usually get more done every day. If one is going to hang professionally it would be to his advantage if he learned his offs. For someone who has a small job to do it would be counterproductive. Drywallers are notorious for using drugs. A puffer is a big marijuana cigarette, and the effect of smoking one of these gets one blazed. My point is that even if you are operating at a diminished capacity, one should be able to remember a couple of numbers till, he gets back to the sheet of drywall, and as with all things practice helps.

[@scotteklof5082]

@@JSlizzo At one point, I was a drywall contractor. I was never near as good as some of the hangers I knew, but I do have some familiarity on this subject. Best of wishes to you.

[@christopherrodriguez8631]

Say your name

[@TheOfficialDjProduct]

He's Heisenberg

[@king_black6628]

Anyone elses dad calling them a useless piece of sh*t cause they dont know how to cut drywall?

[@DVSVentures]

Keep practicing. Before you know it, you’ll be running circles around your old man.

[@sameedalgora8490]

Great techniques

[@jamalhenry8745]

Your taking tooo much time to be a real hanger lmao. All tooo much time and your using your tape all wrong lol