Took me 3 garages to figure out I was hanging drywall upside down

I've renovated three garages over the past 7 years and every single one had a weird jagged edge near the ceiling where the drywall meets the joists. Last week my buddy who does this for a living walked in while I was finishing up garage number four and just stared at me. He asked why I was hanging the sheets with the tapered edge facing the floor. I had no idea the long tapered sides are supposed to butt up against each other for a smooth flat seam, not face the concrete. All those years I just assumed the factory edge belonged on the bottom near the slab. Has anyone else realized way too deep into a project they were doing a basic step completely backwards?

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jamesf292mo ago

Man you just invented a whole new way to do drywall. Three garages. That's impressive honestly. Your garage ceilings must look like a topographical map of the Rockies with all those tapered edges jutting out. At least now you can finally hang a shelf level without it rocking back and forth.

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the_olivia2mo ago

Right? That sounds like a total nightmare to deal with.

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thomas_sanchez2mo ago

No joke @the_olivia, that's like drywall origami from hell.

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