I Went to Internet Drywall School??? 

You are the reason that I have learned how to do drywall finishing. Watching your videos over then last 5-6 years has taught me so much and gave me the courage to try it out. Now I have finished and entire basement on my own. My contractor said I must have hire oit someone else because it looks like a pro finished it. 900 foot basement. 3 rooms and a bathroom.

That was one of my favorite episodes, so much personality in it, I love this channel even more!

I used to come for the drywall now I'm here for the conversation

Commentary is gold man 🤣 been in the trades all my life, it’s a family thing. I also have a degree in Nuclear energy. But here I am doing general construction.

One of your funniest. I always carried around candy for the other trades so they wouldn't poop in my bucket.

You catching that bit of falling mud at 5:21 is chef's kiss

Ben you have shown me everything I know about drywall, thank you for it all. I really liked this video and how your personality comes through, hope to see more of them. It's nice being able to relate to someone that obsesses over drywall while at home for the night, not a common thing to find believe it or not 😂. The tacoma comment made me lol

Vancouver Carpenter after dark!

Poop in the bucket... that's an electrician move 😆 🤣 😂 😹

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!! Got me through a job when I knew nothing.... Now I know a ton!! Thanks for all your help!!!

You enjoy what you do and it shows in your work, I appreciate your commentary and you are a humble teacher

Always good solid information that even electricians can understand. Always enjoy your videos too.

My friend and his dad worked in construction for a long time and drove a toyota sienna for the entirety of it. he always had tools and materials in there. he said that it was great as a work "truck" and family car for road trips. he eventually did get a pick up many many years later, funny enough as he was exiting the trade lol

Great stories. I worked structural concrete for 17 years in BelAir thru Hollywood Hills thru Beverly Hills and other high end neighborhoods. In the '08 crash I sat home for almost 2 years looking for work. A friend of mine told me his brother in law remodeled bath and kitchens. Was looking for someone with some skills. Ive done plumbing and paint before i settled in concrete. Long story short I kind of enjoyed the drywall thing. Turns out I learned more from your channel than I did working for him for 5 years. You sir improved my technic tenfold. For that I am thankful.

Drywall, shmrywall... you will always be the Vancouver CARPENTER

You are so professional. I love your vídeos and you, talking about everything all the time 👍👏👏👏❤️🙏 They are my kind of ‘satisfying videos’, like just watch and relax. 😌

Captain Sheetrock! Those forum user names were great! Thanks for all the info, I’ve learned a ton from your channel.

I tell my customers and friends, that without RU-vid I wouldn’t be the drywaller I am today. Thanks Ben you’ve helped me through my unofficial drywall apprenticeship 😉

I learnt alot about drywall and mudding from you Ben ... Thank you soooo much !! :))

You have given hope to another carpenter low key ashamed of what they drive into the ground. One day I will upgrade. Thank you Vancouver carpenter.

I'm an independent carpenter and drive a Toyota Sienna as my work vehicle and love it. I always hated having to crawl into the back of my old boss's pickup truck to get tools. A mini van has been a great all around choice for me. And it's paid for.

Having a variety of skills always enhances your specific application to a certain task

"Sometimes it's said nice enough that I can hear it." Golden quote, I'll probably steal it, yep...stolen :)

I've done two home remodels with numerous sheets per and now building my own house doing most everything. You're the reason why I know how to hang and finish drywall decently well enough for my wife to like the end result :)

Thank you both for the calm teachings.

Love hearing your personal development.

You sound like someone really fun to work with man. I need more of that chill vibe; always finding stuff to be pissed off about.

Always the best teacher. Now to watch the video😊

Haha, oh man I'm laughing way harder than I should be... I miss being offended sometimes! Transitioning from the office to the trades 20 years ago, I've long since lost any special snowflake sensitivity I may have once had. Always awesome to hear about folks backgrounds! There's so much amazing information out there, and all you need is enough knowledge to know how to tell the good from the bad. As for your minivan... I can't even be angry! I recently quit my employer and struck out on my own, and I'm currently working out of a 2004 Jaguar S-Type, because I have it, it's paid for, and my equipment fits! I've known so many people that do that, and in a forever-rainy place like Vancouver, honestly I think I'd stick with a minivan just to keep everything out of the rain! ;)

Cool chilled video. I love how you began as a self-taught in online forums, and now you are also teaching online. From what I have learned from you, I've done some drywall stuff at my home. thanks and keep up.

Appreciate your content so much. Theae videos where really fun to watch.

Fun episode! Watching you instead of starting a finish coat on a garage ceiling repair. It was badly cracking with mesh tape, no quickset in the joints, no primer paint coat. It was a mess. With your tips and great attitude-humor i can't go wrong. Thanks.

The roller for the outside corners really work well in open spaces and tall bead. Those small spaces just don’t allow for the perfect angle for a roller. Keep it up Ben. Ive been a drywall finisher for over 30 years and I enjoy your videos still 👍🏻👍🏻

As a 30+ year taper I really enjoy your videos. You do so many aspects of the job the same way as I was taught. There was no internet when I apprenticed but I still have my textbook from local 2009. Keep up the good work and hopefully I run into you one day to say hi.

I love the last two vids man.. my favorite so far.. now that youve already taught me how to drywall lol. I wanna be your friend :( lol

I swear that house has an infinite number of outside corners. Dear lord.

This is cool to hear considering I basically learned drywall from this channel.

Obsession is the mother of detention.

Around 17-19 minutes in you mentioned missing framing. I would love to see you take on an addition and walk us through the whole process.

See! I totally got a tip. Do you know how many of us non pros would have realized the hopper wasn't set right and stopped the whole job to fix it? Why? Because were afraid you or Bob Villa is showing up with a camera? HAHAHA. Dude, I really liked the last two episodes.

Yes Drywall Talk has a wealth of info.

I've watched your videos to relearn taping and mud. I had NO clue about 45 and 90 prior to watching the vids. I'm still not good at it but I'm better. I just do work on my own house. I used to be a cut man/hang but mud was out of my ability until I bought stilts. I'm 5'1 so theres that. lol

Laurier's videos were awesome. Totally forgot about him.

Gold 🎉. And don’t worry about that last video if you didn’t say all that stuff I was going to leave 😂….. keep up the great work your a g

Dude you are too cool.

"Tacomas as the type of truck your wife makes you buy" 100%, well said...

My new phrase for sabotage is, "An Electrician Move!".

"Tacoma's are the type of vehicle that your wife makes you buy" me closing my facebook marketplace tabs of tacomas for sale :'( Love the general talking while working videos!

Vancouver Carpenter merch idea: tshirt with "Bead Pride" placed above a Tacoma logo

You got quite silly there, love it, I'm an old Vancouver drywaller, retired now, but still watch trade videos , haha I went to the Porta Potty one day on a site , and someone had written Drywall Diplomas over the toilet paper dispenser, Electricians I suspect . Love your channel don't stop. Do you put a little piece of tape over where the bead meets , say on a 3 way corner , I always did😊

I’m liking the bait vids ngl

If you can see the tape, there's not enough mud works for paper tape, but fibafuse has a weird texture as the mud sets, and it needs the second coat to cover properly. After using it for a while (not fibatape mesh tape, fibaFUSE), I really really don't like paper tape anymore. It's not as strong, yet harder to cut, it's thicker, needs more mud to cover, and it's much much weaker a joiner than a fiberglass weave. Again, not mesh, it's a whole different product. You could build a boat with fibafuse.

Fun talk was a carpet layer for many years so on new work that dry wall bucket was used a time or too. One job there was 5 buckets all were contaminated but one. Ha Ha.

Currently watching the video, not done yet but see some hints to a shit bucket. I'm an electrician and I was helping a guy finish a house once and he was in the mechanical room tying in the panel. I was installing the last of the devices in the feild. I asked him what that smell was in the room and he said he didn't know either. He started sniffing around and literally it led to a mud bucket with a lid on. It was labeled "shit bucket do not open," and it was left in the mechanical room... I have no words... What kinda base minded neanderthal not only leaves it, but LABELS IT! Typing this I automatically start laughing as the guy was so upset, like so upset!! Took the bucket upstairs and threw it off the deck into the coulee. And just cursing his face off. So funny thinking back now

Vancouver Carpenter unhinged 😂

Yeah I thought automatic taping tools where going to be so great until I realized that they basically don't work for the kind of remodel drywall I do.

Drywall made simple. You're a great instructor Ben. Off-topic here, how do you feather over texture?

I don’t do a ton of drywall, but when I do I like tools that are easy to use and work well. I recommend the drywall corner bead hooper. Never had a bad experience.

Mini vans rule

😂 a real video. Vancouver Carpenter Unchained ⛓️ 🔒

"It's your job to fix every screw" Tell me about it. I've lost count at over 100 screw tweaks on a single tiny job sometimes.

You know electricians I can live with; but we can talk plumbers into the ground all day!!!😂

When you return to a trade you worked at, i.e. framing, how long does it take you to regain your prior proficiency? Is there such a thing as "trade" memory?

F-150 are the best! I have a 2017 XLY

Interesting video topic: When I tape I immediately apply a first coat over it. Yes, including corner beads. I was taught to do this as a bit of insurance against having blisters (which is absolutely true), but I've also come to appreciate that it fast forwards the coating process. It does make taping more time consuming, but I think the lack of blisters and omission dry time before a first coat make it very worthwhile. Does anyone else out there do this? Is anyone out there interested in making a RU-vid video examining the pros and cons of this?

I have always used the plastic corners with glue and staples. How do they compare with what you use? Painter by trade but do a fair amount of filling especially repairs

🙏👏👍💪

Can ultralight mortar be used in place of concrete fill? It has some fine aggregate and is very easy to work with.

Do you have an recommendations for prepping garage walls (existing drywall/paint) for painting when they have black tire scuffs and oil strains that don't seem to want to scrub clean? Should I be trying to seal over the stains/scuffs?

Hi, have you tried gluing drywall to studs before?

Ben, if you were just doing a couple of those type of corners, how would you apply the mud to them?

What was your username on drywalltalk? 😂 I actually just came across the forum today when looking for info about hot mud adhesion and adding glue...

My sister had a neighbor in Kansas City that kept coming to the jobsite and bugging the contractors, so they crapped in a bucket and hung it from a rafter in their attic. It took quite a while to figure out what smelled so bad because the attic was pretty inaccessible. Not a good idea to be telling people that know how to do their job how to do their job.

I had a partner that pissed in the mud once.

"Erfwen Ferfteh" - VC, June 2024

I will just keep asking. As a subscriber, it would be nice to see how to recover when an amateur like me overapplies mud. Just finished a room and it honestly looks good in some areas and like a steaming pile of shit in others..

Once you learn one trade, learn another. Or you could wrap insulation around pipes for the rest of your life.

2:33 *STUBBORN?! No way, Ben! Not you!

Are you hanging, taping, and finishing a hundred sheets all by yourself or do you ever bring in help?

Oh pee... right. I was thinking something white.

Do a kickflip

You are funny as shit!!!

What country is that??

Wtf. I know you from skateboarding. Why are you teaching me things Ben.

Never open a drywaller's buckets! Never know which one might be his terlet.....

How about your thoughts/philosophy on gate keeping and people who eat up all the good diy content but keep our trades super classified. 🙄😬

The more trades you can master, the more money you can make on company time AND save on your OWN projects !!

Gotta be a newbie question. Why not tape to wood?

I always get a kick out of the a$$holes who act like they're some tuff sh!t because they "work hard in the hot sun alll day" I'ts those guys who end up working them self to death and never make it to retirement because all they do that line of work for is to try and act like they're hard core and they care to much what everyone around them thinks so they just abuse their bodys till they either have a heart attack or something. Acting like you are a superior worker and act like you demand respect because YOU CHOSE to work a hard labor job in the sun all day is not anyone elses reason to bow down to you. I met many of those guys who will talk shit about Lawyers, and Computer techs "have it easy" and get mad because the Computer Techs, Lawyers "Office jobs" make more/ Its just a line of work they choose to take and that's it. Don;t let the "hardend" Badass dudes that weld or do construction try to make you feel belittled.