Repairing drywall

[absrao]

Hi -
First of all, I am so happy to see this forum and would like to thank the person operating this site and helpful participants. Thanks again.

We are living in new contruction now and will be moving to old house pretty soon. The old house need lot of repairs. First thing we are targetting is painting.

House is cape code and second floor roof (from inside) is V shape (inverted). What seems like a drywall joint paper is peeling out of V joint and need repair before painting.

Question is

1. Wondering if I can just peel the old paper off, put new paper in (what kind is good), put some compound paste in and paint over

OR

2. Use the metal sheets these new contructions are using at the corners of the walls to make look the corner better ?

Thx again

[Rich]

Either way would work just fine. Corner bead (metal) is typically only used for outside corners. Inside corners and odd angles should be just fine with paper tape or mesh tape.
Any drywall tape will do.

[Rich]

And thanks for the compliments on the site - and welcome to the forum.

[Dano]

Just renovated my bathroom and used the vinyl "Bullnose" corner bead...looks great...although installing baseboard created additional steps...used 22 1/2 degree cuts in lieu of your 45. few extra minutes and looks like a 1,000$ upgrade.....

[Rich]

I've seen them used - but never had someone ask me for them. They do look pretty good.

[Sophist]

I have an alternative.

If drywall isn't your thing you could always cover the seam with a piece of wood trim.

It would probably be two pieces of trim one on each side of the peak that are mitered to form a tight joint.

Just a thought.

[Rich]

I did this guy's cabin with wood at every corner. I didn't have to tape/finish a single inside, outside, or edge in the whole place. Wish everyone would ask for that.