Trim-Tex Buttboard - Manual

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Drywall Backer for Flat Butt Joints
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ELIMINATES BUTT JOINT BULGES
Results in flat walls and ceilings
SAVES TIME AND MATERIAL HANGING
• Easier layout with butt joints between wall and
ceiling framing members
• Applicable for 12" - 16" - 24" o.c., metal or wood
framing members
• Requires no special tools or fasteners
• Use with any thickness drywall
• Ready to install lengths of 48" and 54"
• Facilitates usage of shorter drywall sheets
• Low Cost
• Made from OSB
FINISHES
• Finishes like factory edge
• Requires approximately half the mud, sanding and
finishing labor of standard butt joint.
• Flat butt joints reduce finish carpentry labor costs
and greatly improve quality
GREAT FOR REMODELING AND REPAIR
FRAMING
MEMBER
DRYWALL
SHEET #1
SCREWS
BUTTBOARD
BUTTBOARD
DRYWALL
SHEET #2
DRYWALL
SHEET #1
DRYWALL
SHEET #1
LENGTH STOCK # PCS/ BOX DESCRIPTION
BUTTBOARD 12 825 48"
826 BUTTBOARD 54" 12
Available in skid quantities: 32 boxes/384 pieces
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Install first sheet of drywall with butt end centered between
framing members. Install screws in surround of drywall
sheet, except for framing members closest to butt end.
2. Center BUTTBOARD
on backside of drywall butt joint TM
with machined groove facing the backside of drywall. Install
screws every 8-12 inches, one inch back from drywall butt
edge.
3. Butt end of second drywall sheet to end of first sheet. (Do
not compress butt joint).
Install screws into surround of
drywall sheet except for framing member closest to butt joint.
4. Firmly push butt end of second sheet into BUTTBOARD
TM
and install screws every 8-12", one inch back from butt edge.
5. Finish screwing both sheets of drywall to framing
members.
6. Screws can also be installed through adjoining drywall
sheet into overlapping BUTTBOARD
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7. Tape and mud the butt joint. To improve the strength and
workability of your drywall compound, we recommend you
use Trim-Tex Mud-Max, stock # 850.
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LENGTH STOCK # PCS/ SKID DESCRIPTION
BUTTBOARD 500 825S 48"
826S BUTTBOARD 54" 500
Loose pieces in a skid.