Trim-Tex Buttboard User Manual

Drywall Backer for Flat Butt Joints
ELIMINATES BUTT JOINT BULGES
Results in flat walls and ceilings
SAVES TIME AND MATERIAL HANGING
• 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
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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
BUTTBOARD
DRYWALL SHEET #1
BUTTBOARD
DRYWALL SHEET #2
STOCK # PCS/ SKID
825S 826S
DESCRIPTION
BUTTBOARD BUTTBOARD
DRYWALL SHEET #1
LENGTH
48" 54"
Loose pieces in a skid.
SCREWS
500 500
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
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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
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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.
STOCK # PCS/ BOX
825 826
DESCRIPTION
BUTTBOARD BUTTBOARD
LENGTH
48" 54"
12 12
Available in skid quantities: 32 boxes/384 pieces
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