Yes, let it dry. Doubly so if the bead board is made of MDF.

Handy man? Oh vey. You’ve got bigger problems if you’re letting him touch anything in a bathroom or kitchen.

Handy man? Oh vey.

Hey now, I don't think that's fair. I've had some pretty decent handymen do work for me, and some pretty poor dedicated contractors. Competence doesn't always relate to job classification. Ask relatives, friends, and coworkers, and get references.

And no, it's not a great idea to cover wet mud, or wet any-house-surface for that matter.

How are you going to get beadboard to lay flat over that mess. Let it dry and tell him to smooth out that mess.

It is behind a washer dryer and only going half way up. By the way, only a handyman will come out to do the “small projects” I can’t get a contractor out here, they appraise you’re work over the phone, they want to know where you live, etc... if someone has a Johns creek, GA contractor willing to come out for small projects, please contact me! That means you David R!

Bead board panel Half the wall behind washer and dryer.

Don't mean to pile on, but that is the worst mudding job I think I've seen. I hope this guy is more skilled with his other tasks. In any case, I'd keep an eye on what he's doing.

This was his only job.. lol ! One half wall of bead board and a half wall of green board. Lol a GC doesn’t want to come out on these small jobs, so you get a handyman with references and wind up with this!

If someone has a Johns Creek, GA contractor willing to come out for small projects, please contact me! That means you David R!

Ha! If I lived there and had a good one, I'd probably keep him all to myself! :)

I know exactly what you mean about getting someone for small jobs. Nobody wants them. A lot of the time, even the handymen stand me up. Or they show up, but never give me a bid. Or they bid, but when I call, they don't reply. Or they won't have time for months.

I've had a few really good, reliable ones over the years, as I've gotten older and less enthusiastic about DIY. For a year or two, they'd do lots of mostly pretty decent work on my house and my rentals. Then one day they'd suddenly be too busy. to do anything, or just stop taking my phone calls. Who knows why.

This is the kind of situation that big-money investors live to exploit, which is how highly advertised national services get started. Some are probably OK. Others line up venture capital, hire a bunch of third-rate handymen (pardon me, "recruit independent contractors") in areas across the country, open an 800 number, and slap up a gaudy website splashed with bogus testimonials.

How it goes: Take the call. Send someone out. Send the bill. If the customer gripes about the work, send him out again. If the customer gripes more, send someone else out. Repeat until the customer gives up.

Charge the customer $80-100/hour, pay the guys doing the work $20/hour, pocket the difference. When your reputation is in the sewer, close down, change the phone number, refurbish the website, and relaunch the business under a different name. Repeat.

PS - I agree, that mud work stinks. Even I can do better than that. Good grief, doesn't he own a drywall knife?

The fact that he thinks that it's OK to slap beadboard over that vertical roadkill without sanding it, while it's still wet even, doesn't speak well of him. I'd dump him and hire someone else.

Mackdolan see comments above and help a girl out! You must be a GC lol!

I think the whole wall behind the washer and dryer would look great like this

Mimi.. great minds think alike because I wanted it all up the wall, but the hubs wants to keep the 1990’s wallpaper border of laundry flying on a clothes line at the top of wall, and not to mention the sponge effect texture to the walls! I had water damage to the bottom of wall, and decided this battle ain’t worth fighting cause I try to spend as little time in there as possible!

A good handyman can be a challenge to find and by definition they’re jacks of all trades, so a guy who is good at one thing might not be so good at another... I have a neighbor who needs a small roof repair and has been trying for months to find someone interested in the job. I see she’s finally found someone, I guess time will tell how good the work is.

Not to quibble but isn’t bead board typically installed vertically?

I would have left off the beadboard, and just did a better tape and mud job myself, and keep the wall with just the sheetrock. Beadboard hung horizontally, just doesnt look all that great. It should have been vertical. However, it will look fine, once the washer and dryer are all back in place, and it does look neat and clean.

That’s a simple DIY job that you paid Goober to mess up royally. It’s not even installed in the correct orientation. Cheesy and terrible. Buy some tools and get your hands dirty.

Mackdolan I don’t remember asking your opinion on the orientation of the bead board. Let’s see your laundry room so I can see your non cheesy decor. Here is my cheesy laundry room. I will be waiting pics of your room.

mackdolan here is another bead board set in the wrong direction. You may want to go comment on how cheesy it looks! Lol so out of touch maybe should not be commenting..

Well, now you've gone and done it. No more answers for you from Mackdolan!

I agree that the horizontal beadboard does look a little unusual, kind of like narrow shiplap, but it's not unheard-of. If you're happy with it, that's all that really counts. I hope your handyman didn't put it up over wet mud after all.

More pictures of bad design do not make it good design. And my laundry room has no plastic bead board, MDF ship lap, faux “reclaimed” wood walls, trite word command sayings, fake brick, fake stone, plastic wood floors, or anything else so faux and gauche. It’s a utilitarian work space. For utilitarian work. Authentic concrete floors, a necessary and unhidden water heater, authentic stainless metro shelving, white walls, and 4 cat litter boxes. I don’t need delusions of grandeur with an attempted princess pathos laundry room. Laundry and cat box scooping isn’t fun, and wasting money to try to make it into a fun room isnt a wise use of funds. I’d rather buy a new ball joint for the Suburban.

Mack, a lot of what you mention isn't decor I especially want in my house, but taste is personal. (It's also directed by "home improvement" television and websites for certain parties' financial benefit, but that's another matter.)

I'm kind of sad too when I see people "update" dignified older houses with the latest fad decor, especially when I think of the future owners who may want to reverse those changes to get the original look back. In the end, though, it's their house and it's their expression. And life's too short for me to get all incensed about it.

I don't have to live in Susan's house or use her laundry room, so I don't have a horse in this race. If she's happy with it, I don't see the problem. As the French say, à chacun son goût, (To each his taste.)

It looks all nice and clean and fresh, once you have everything back in place. I love the floors.

That looks very nice! What a nice fresh look....there are no wood God’s you can do what YOU want... good grief