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Would you do this? Executive summary: 2x long-wise on the wall and on the ceiling. Hang a sheet of drywall from the 2x on the ceiling, screw a 2x to the bottom. Bridge the gap on the bottom with a sheet of drywall. No vertical or horizontal framing to hold the corner in place. I like the idea, I wonder if it would work. The soffit I want to build is to cover a pipe. Because there is a beam next to it, the soffit would be about 6"x12" to match the drywall covering the beam.
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I have been doing it that way for years.
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thanks, maybe I'll try it. If I screw it up, it's only a little drywall and paint.
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10-12-2017, 12:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-12-2017, 12:39 PM by tomsteve.)
works pretty good as long as the 2 bys on wall and ceiling are screwed into studs/trusses/joists.
to make it a little easier, i screw the 2 by that will be at the outside corner while on the ground, then put it up and screw into ceiling 2 by.
however, thats done with another set of hands on long runs.
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I'd be the poor soul that moved into the house figuring I could mount something with some weight to an existing soffit, only to find an empty-box "easy soffit."
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(10-12-2017, 12:57 PM)Phil Thien Wrote: I'd be the poor soul that moved into the house figuring I could mount something with some weight to an existing soffit, only to find an empty-box "easy soffit."
I know what you mean. More than a few times I have tried to hang something on a "wall" that really wasn't much of a wall.
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Use metal studs! That's the way it is done in commercial drywall for small soffits.
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(10-12-2017, 06:09 PM)woodhead Wrote: Use metal studs! That's the way it is done in commercial drywall for small soffits.
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I left a gap for the narrow edge of a 2x at the ceiling in the drywall, which is already up. So I don't think steel studs will help me any.
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steel on the bottom edge will help assure a nice straight corner, hard to do with most 2x's these days!
