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Source: BUILDER Magazine
By Matthew Power

Bullnose corners. Layered geometric patterns. Fiber optic glamour lines and sweeping curves. With dozens of specialty beads, new tools, and even complete dome-building packages available, why not enhance your drywall detailing? For a couple hundred bucks' worth of labor, you can create a million-dollar impression.

The reason builders of less expensive homes don't include more drywall detailing, he says, is their focus on the bottom-dollar bid. "The builder is constantly trying to lower my price," he says, "but he doesn't see that by adding this one feature he can put himself a step ahead of his competitors."

Which is not to say that drywall detailing isn't surging ahead. Perez estimates that Trim-Tex has doubled its business in the last five years. Predictably, one of the biggest sellers has been bullnose corner beads and accessories.

"You don't see it as much in the East, where homes are more traditional," he says, "but in the West and Southwest, almost every single new house has bullnose features."

Breaking the mold

Perez says builders often miss the chance to add drywall interest at nominal cost.

"A lot of times you can just use scrap drywall that would otherwise end up in the dumpster," he says. "You can put scraps around windows, on a wall, or turn a square-framed doorway or window frame into an arch. You just cut the drywall piece to the right radius in the frame, and glue in a Fast Cap (ready-made PVC archway). That piece costs about $25."

For a couple hundred bucks' worth of labor, you can create a million-dollar impression.

Remember when you used to create archways by scoring a piece of 1/2-inch drywall a hundred times and screwing the floppy carcass onto a massive 2x4 frame? Or when forming a rounded corner required pounds of joint compound, several days of drying time, and a lot of sanding muscle?

Those days are history. In the last few years, a whole industry has grown up around drywall detailing, driven by two forces: commercial construction and high-end custom builders. But, like many new technologies, the trend has now become mainstream enough that even small "one-off" builders can afford to throw in. The secret: getting drywall subs on board.

"I hate to make it sound too simple," says Noe Perez, an experienced drywall installer who handles research and development for Trim-Tex, a manufacturer of drywall accessories in Lincolnwood, Ill. "But if you want me to do that extra detail, I need the extra $100 or $200. That's the nature of the beast."