Hanging drywall is not finish carpentry. I’ve always cut my pieces 1/4 or 3/8-inch less than the actual length. The drywall tape and mud will fill the small cracks you’ll get at each end of a vertical ...
A mechanical lift can be rented to hold the pieces. Coarse-threaded 1 ¼-inch drywall screws with bugle-shaped heads are used for ½-inch drywall. Screws in ceilings should be placed along each ...