DRYWALLER
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Drywaller Job Description and Duties:

What drywall installers can help You the Homeowners with:
drywaller installs plasterboard or special waterproof cement boards or other wallboards to ceilings or interior walls of the domestic premises.
Drywaller applies or mounts acoustical ceiling tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or to isolate sound. Materials might have a decorative finish. Materials installed might include lathers which fasten wooden, metal or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings or partitions of domestic premises to provide support base for plaster, fire-proofing, or sound isolating material. What drywaller actually does during completing various tasks:
-Measures and marks surface to lay out work, according to blueprints or drawings, using tape measure, straightedges or squares.
- Marks reference points on materials.
-Reads blueprints and specifications to determine methods of installation and determines which materials are required.
-Installs plasterboard or cement board into position on wood or metal framework using screws and nails or if the plasterboard sheet is fitted on the top of other sheet of material using industrial glue.
-Measures and cuts holes in panels or tiles for electrical socket outlets, windows, vents or plumbing pipes.
-Drywall specialist cuts openings and holes in existing structures.
-Hangs drylines to walls to guide positioning of main runners.
-Drywaller hangs drywall sheets on metal frameworks of walls and ceilings using lifts or hoists to adjust positions of plasterboard sheets if necessary.
-Assembles and installs metal framing or decorative trim for windows, doorways, or vents.
-Drywaller coordinates work schedule with drywall finishers who cover the seams between plasterboard panels.
-Cuts and fastens metal channels to produce floor or ceiling frames, according to the drawings and specifications for the location of rooms or hallways in a domestic premises.
-Drywaller cuts fixture or border tiles to size, using keyhole saws. -Installs metal or wooden studs to frames so that wallboard can be attached to interior walls.
-Drywalling specialist scribes and cuts edges of tile to fit walls where wall moulding is not specified.
-Installs angle iron grids or channel irons from ceilings, using special metal wire.
-Drywaller seals joints between ceiling tiles and walls.
-Applies builders caulk or silicon to fill gaps in surfaces.
-Drywaller nails channels or wood furring strips to surfaces to provide mounting surface for tiles.
-Installs rockwool insulation between studs and tack plastic moisture barriers over insulation.
Drywall specialist install insulation in equipment or structures.
-Drywaller installs metal lath where plaster applications will be exposed to weather or water, or for curved or irregular surfaces. -Removes existing plaster, plasterboard panels or cement boards.
-Drywalling contractor removes worn, damaged or outdated materials from domestic premises.
Drywalling specialist would complete all the necessary works efficiently and professionally and would remove the construction rubble in a safe manner approved by the local council making life easier for You the Homeowner.