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Demolish Drywall and Expand Space

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How to Make Your Small Bathroom Bigger

What happens here

After clearing fixtures, the focus shifts to drywall demolition. A reciprocating saw is used to cut lines into the drywall panels, making them easier to break and remove. The worker forcefully removes sections of drywall by kicking and prying them from the studs. The narrator explains the plan to expand the bathroom by removing wall sections, specifically to incorporate a hallway closet. This involves cutting and prying entire sections of drywall, including the top sections around door frames. Given the high dust generation during drywall demolition, maintaining and reinforcing existing plastic sheeting dust containment measures is paramount. Ensure adequate lighting and clear pathways for debris removal.

Goal: Remove drywall panels and structural elements to expand the bathroom layout.

Tools and materials

  • Hammer — Assisting with prying and breaking drywall
  • Pry Bar — Prying drywall sections and wood framing from the wall
  • Reciprocating Saw — Cutting drywall panels and old framing elements
  • Respirator Mask 3M — Essential for protecting against drywall dust
  • Safety Glasses — Eye protection from flying drywall debris
  • Work Gloves KOBALT — Protecting hands during demolition
  • Masking Tape — Securing plastic sheeting tightly to prevent dust escape
  • Plastic Sheeting

What they say

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some rearranging and uh that means more [Music] Plumbing here's definitely a lot more work to do with it but we're going to do one more extra step we're going to knock down this section and this section so we're actually going to utilize this entryway instead of using hallway closets which I know I'm going to get grief for it in the comments where you going to put the towels the bedrooms hanging them on the freaking rods in the bathroom I don't know but we need more space here so we're going to keep this entryway knock these two walls out and this thing is going to look gigantic compared to what it [Music] [Applause] [Music] was by the way door jams they shouldn't be coming out that easily that at all look how look how tiny these nails are that's not holding anything [Music] [Applause] friend [Music] [Applause] [Music] Pop Quiz who could tell what's wrong with this framing here this is a header well it's actually not a header this is like a cripp joint you're supposed to have a header on here so like you know a a 2x6 2x8 2 X10 whatever to distribute the pressure but then you're supposed to have a jack stad that goes underneath here that the header sits on and then this is a kingstead so you have your king studs Jack studs there's no Jack studs there's no header this is just I mean this is built worse than a shed in the [Music] [Applause] [Music] backyard you see this little scrap piece of uh 1x6 seeder so this little partition that's what it was nailed to top and bottom oh in fact the bottom oh it's right there folks just cut off pieces you're supposed to have a double stack of studs right there and then nail it or screw it through it and uh I think this is like one big origami project this is basically an arts and crafts when they were building [Music] it [Music] it's going to be interesting to find out what's in the flooring and how many levels because right now as it sits this is MDF that's going to get uh removed or

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