Last week, on Wednesday the insulation was finished in the morning and inspected later in the day. On Thursday the drywall crew came on site and staged 550 pieces of 4x12 drywall and other various materials throughout the house. On Friday twelve wiry guys returned at 8:00 AM and by 5:30 PM they had totally dry walled the house, filled up a 20 yard dumpster with scraps, and swept up the place. It was absolutely incredible to see these guys in action. No s—t, I watched one guy single handedly lift a 4x12 sheet of gypsum, slide it up the wall to the nine foot ceiling plane, tack it in place with a couple of nails, then screw it in a matter of minutes! Do the arithmetic, that’s 26,400 sq. ft of drywall installed in 114 man hours. On average each guy would’ve put up 46 sheets that’s roughly five sheets per hour or one very twelve minutes.
Of course the finishing will take a little while longer but at the rate we’re moving painting and other interior finishing isn’t too far away.
Check out the latest photos.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Getting Ready for Drywall
A lot's been happening over at a Shorething. The HVAC work is complete, the plumber, electrician, gas company, and central vac guys have completed their rough ins and everything that needed to be inspected at this point has been. It was especially gratifying to hear the building inspector say that we have a well built house.
With the inspections out of the way we could begin the insulation. The pictures show the first part of the process where all of the exterior walls are being sealed with a 1/2" of sprayed foam insulation then traditional batts will be added on top of that.
The way the insulators are moving along its quite likely that the dry wallers's will start the end of this week. They'll hang all of the sheet rock in 3 days or so then there's the tedious finishing process over several weeks.
We've provided our kitchen layout to a couple of cabinet shops, one in Ohio and one closer by in Seaford, Delaware who are working up some proposals for semi-custom cabinets -- not crappy particle board in these.
We've ordered the hardwood, a little over 2800 sq ft of brazillian cherry for the first floor and that'll be delivered the end of the month.
Only a little work remains to be done on the exterior trim, but we're already take full advantage of our porches.
At this rate we may be finished by the end of the year, and are certainly on track to move in full time next summer.
Here's some new pictures.
With the inspections out of the way we could begin the insulation. The pictures show the first part of the process where all of the exterior walls are being sealed with a 1/2" of sprayed foam insulation then traditional batts will be added on top of that.
The way the insulators are moving along its quite likely that the dry wallers's will start the end of this week. They'll hang all of the sheet rock in 3 days or so then there's the tedious finishing process over several weeks.
We've provided our kitchen layout to a couple of cabinet shops, one in Ohio and one closer by in Seaford, Delaware who are working up some proposals for semi-custom cabinets -- not crappy particle board in these.
We've ordered the hardwood, a little over 2800 sq ft of brazillian cherry for the first floor and that'll be delivered the end of the month.
Only a little work remains to be done on the exterior trim, but we're already take full advantage of our porches.
At this rate we may be finished by the end of the year, and are certainly on track to move in full time next summer.
Here's some new pictures.
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