Do Floors Or Drywall First

When you re hanging drywall and installing new flooring it s usually best to hang the drywall first and then save the floor for last.

Do floors or drywall first.

Insulation happens before drywall. Install drywall on the walls before installing floor covering. You d have to lay the flooring and cover it with industrial plastic sheeting and duct tape the joints to answer your question. The general construction rule is to work from the top of the room downward.

When you run a floor sander around a room there is the possibility of scuffing up newly painted walls. Opt for floor installation first because it s often a messy process. Both drywall work and floor installation create a mess but drywall s mess far exceeds that of flooring. This recommendation does not apply to subfloor.

The reason for that is that this can damage the floors. Even though you will have removed the baseboards. Yes you could lay the flooring first but you d need to cover it before the drywall went up and that will cost you around 60 to 120 depending on how big your floor space is. Walls are put up first then the floor covering comes later.

The finish flooring can add 3 8 to 3 4 inch to the height of the floor. By putting in the drywall first you separate drywall and its dust from the flooring later on. A gutted room eliminates much of the dirt and grime associated with removing old carpet tile or wood flooring. The ideal is to first do any prep work to the walls e g ripping up wall paper sanding and patching walls etc.

Any gaps that remain between the finish flooring and the drywall typically are hidden beneath base trim that sits at floor. From there you should rip up the floors. In new construction homes where no flooring has been laid yet this is the way it works. This will simplify the attachment of the drywall panels to the framing.

Time and mess if time is of the essence it s quicker to hang the drywall and tape out the walls first.