Kitchen Drywall: Mudding and Taping by a Professional Contractor

Initially we intended to do the drywall by ourselves since we had more patching to do than full drywall work. Later we realized a lot of the plaster and lath we had are not in good condition due to the vibrations during various installations. We opted to hire a drywall company to help us through.

They did a really good job and we are very happy with the professional results.

Drywall contractor applying mud coat on kitchen wall with exposed P-trap and plumbing rough-in visible

This is when they applied a thinner coat of mud there.

Worker finishing kitchen ceiling with drywall mud coat under bare bulbs during renovation

The patches will become whiter once it is dried out.

Freshly mudded kitchen walls with electrical outlet cutouts waiting to dry before sanding

Can’t wait to paint the walls once they come by to do sanding. The mud takes about a week to thoroughly dry and we opted to wait through the weekend. There’s really no rush anyway and we wanted them to take their time and do a good job.

We’ve been looking at Benjamin Moore’s Regal Select and Behr Marquee. Still can’t decide which to go with at this moment.

We’ll post the paint results once the sanding is done.

Kitchen renovation series: Before Demo · Demolition Day · Electrical Rough-In · Next — Painting