Trim-Tex Wall Mounted Deflection Bead User Manual

Installation Instructions

Drywall

Stud

Trim-Tex Stock #9220
Wall Mounted
Deflection Bead

Set Drywall Down

Tear off Strip

Fill Void or Cavity Material as specified

Wall Mounted

Deflection Bead

Please read entire instruction

before proceeding.

Improper installation will void

any applicable warranty.

Installation

Step 1. Hang your drywall no

more than " from the ceiling.½

Step 3. Snip your bead to

length and dry fit to the wall
creating a seal between the
flexible gasket and the ceiling.
The Deflection bead is designed
to withstand up to " of/
deflection.

Figure A

How to Miter an Inside Corner

7

16

LENGTH

2110'9220

Step 2. Fill the void shown in Figure A

with fire caulk or cavity materials specified
by the architect.

Step 4. Install the bead with 847 Spray

Adhesive and staple the mud leg with "½
divergent staples every 2-3". DO NOT
install the bead with nails or drywall screws.
Apply mud compound and prior to the final
sanding remove the tear off strip for a clean
and crisp finish.

Inside 90º

For an inside 90º miter, snip a “V”
notch into the tear off strip.

How to Miter an Outside Corner

For an outside 90º miter, snip the mud
leg all the way through the mud bump
and the tear off strip. Do not snip the
gasket.

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Next, flip the bead over and snip the
mud leg all the way though the mud
bump and into the back of the gasket.

Next, flip the bead over and notch out
the “V” slightly going into the gasket.

Make sure the front of the gasket is not
snipped and bend the bead in to
ensure it forms a nice clean inside
corner.

Outside 90º

Bend your bead to see if the front of
the gasket forms a clean outside
corner.