Alternatives for outer corners drywall without corner protectors? How is it done in new construction?

[bygges]

How do you others do it, and how is it done in, for example, new construction when there are outer corners on walls, such as in connection with stairs, bathroom outer corners, hall walls, etc.

Are edge protectors always used to make it look nice? Functionally, it feels a bit unnecessary to embed these when using materials like hard gypsum/ultraboard that withstand impacts well on their own.

The metal profile edge protectors have a metal edge that is not embedded but only painted over; does this really look home-like or more like an office space?

Is it "okay" if you slightly bevel the edge with a gypsum plane?

Any other methods for achieving a nice outer edge?

 

[oliven1]

How do you others do it, and how is it done in, for example, new constructions when there are external corners on walls, such as near stairs, external corners in bathrooms, hall walls, etc.

Are corner protectors always installed to make it look nice? Functionally, it feels like unnecessary work to embed these when using something like hard plasterboard/ultraboard, which in itself withstands impacts well.

The corner protectors in sheet metal profiles have a metal edge that isn't embedded but only painted over; does this really look home-like or more like an office space?

Is it "okay" if you slightly bevel the edge with a drywall plane?

Any other method to achieve a nice outer edge?

I don't understand, why don't you want to use a paper one?

 

[bygges]

I'm not following, why don't you want to put one in paper?

Partly due to the extra work of plastering these on certain corners that aren't exposed to impacts, but maybe there is no other way to achieve nice corners? A painter has, in one place, beveled a corner slightly (1-2 mm) and it looks quite okay.

Then I have several outer edges with new gypsum around, among other places, patio doors where it becomes a bit tricky to plaster them in as the gypsum is only about 70 mm wide before it meets the frame of the patio door.

 

[sinuslinus]

Paper strip.
But it's the same amount of work.

 

[Rabbithole]

Always a plastered corner. Trick if you don't want to spackle

 

[OTGI]

I have tested a few different methods. Filling in corner bead https://www.hornbach.se/p/hornskydd-norgips-hs-29-2450mm/5509171/ requires the least work to achieve a nice result, in my opinion. For me, the use of corner bead is not so much about impact resistance, but aesthetics.

 

[bygges]

Paper tape.
But it's the same amount of work.

Thought about this myself, do painters use the paper tape for outer corners then? It's obviously thinner so it adds less, feels like it requires less spackling.

 

[bygges]

I have tested a few different methods. Embedding the corner bead [link], requires the least amount of work to achieve a nice result, in my opinion. For me, the use of corner beads is not so much about impact resistance, but about aesthetics.

Do the corners look good with steel? Unlike the paper/plastic edge protectors, there's a bulge that isn't covered with filler, isn't there a risk this will show through the paint?

 

[bygges]

Always a plastered corner. Molding if you don't want to plaster

You mean freehand plastering? No edge protection?

 

[sinuslinus]

Thought about this myself, do painters use the paper tape for outer corners then? It's definitely thinner so it builds less, seems like it requires less spackling.

It will probably pass the inspection anyway. 😉

 

[Rabbithole]

You mean plaster freehand? No edge protection?

Edge protection in paper, freehand becomes fragile and harder to get straight

I have some in steel and they also work well, but they build up a bit more.

 

[Matti_75]

Always use corner protectors as drywall cannot withstand impacts regardless of the type.

 

[Argastesnickaren]

Without protection and with little vacuum cleaners or walking cars around the corners, it quickly becomes more work than installing corner guards from the start.

 

[oliven1]

no one uses metal corner protectors anymore, I can't remember the last time I saw it on a construction site. paper corner protectors are always used

 

[bygges]

Without protection and a bit of vacuuming or push walkers around the corners, it quickly becomes more work than installing corner protection from the start.

But there may still be corners and other parts where you assess the risk of impacts as low, and then my question was whether it's possible to get nice corners without edge protection. How did they do it in the past before aquabead? Wallpapering? Paper tape?