10.29.12 Update
October 29, 2012 § 6 Comments
Here is a half of an update, I am missing some serious pictures. I got lots further than I show but I forgot to take pictures… You’ll have to wait for the next post! I got a good jump on my sheetrock this weekend with lots of help from Dad and James. I am using 3/8″ sheetrock for interested parties. I am worried about it breaking but I also know how to patch drywall so I’m not TOO worried 
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Here are some pictures:
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- I got the blocking up for the kitchen shelves
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- There were a couple cavities that were missing insulation, I filled them with batt insulation instead of rigid because it was easier to work around the vent pipe.
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- I know all my electrical stuff works but some of the stuff was complicated enough that I thought it was a good idea to take some pictures so I can remember how to put them back together. I will finish up the drywall and put all this back in!
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- Nathan and Dad helped me move all the drywall in the house. It’s just starting to drizzle and be ‘fallish’ here so I wanted to get it inside.. it looks once again like a lot more than I need! I have been way over on all of my quantities
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- Another shot of the awkward insulation… I picked up some 16″ batt insulation but the cavity is 24″… so it’s awkwardly hung but now that the drywall is up you can’t even tell ;-)
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- I stuffed all the holes where the ridged didn’t fill. I was originally going to fill this with foam insulation ut it was being a pain in the butt so I opted to just stuff in some batt, it should work really well still.
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- The first piece is up!
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- Dad thinks this was the toughest piece, I personally think the last piece we did on the ceiling was the hardest. I was exhausted and it seemed WAY heavier! :)
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- The second piece went pi really easily!
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- Im not sure what this picture is…
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- The third piece has my ceiling fan hole… was a breeze to cut out, in fact dad had it measured and cut before I could even finish screwing the second piece in.
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- Super handy!
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- The third piece!
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- The fourth sheet turned the other way, it’s up above the storage bin so it was easier to put it this way.
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- he fifth has three light fixture locations that needed cut out, once again Dad had it marked ad mostly cut before I could finish screwing in the last piece.
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- Ready to hang, I think this one was the toughest to hang, my back was hurting by then :)
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- And this is what I look like covered in sheetrock dust…
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- Most of the ceiling is up!
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- Starting in on the walls. The plan is to do th whole lower level then run through and do the whole upper piece and I will need to fill about 1 foot gap in between (9′ ceiling on the high side). This way the majority of the mudding all happens at arms length.
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- Getting there…
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- Closer!
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- Closer!
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- I have a loft!
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- here is where my fridge goes… :)
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- I need to figure out how to do the ceiling here, this is about an 8″ deep storage bin that will be above the fridge… I must have just missed thinking through this before, Ill get it though!
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- I was a bag of Jelly Beans (It was easy ;-) )
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- Tobi was a bad dog….
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- Mom was the wicked Witch… only she has the biggest smile so its hard to believe
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- The packaging was a little big and this lasted all of 5 minutes before I realized I couldn’t sit down… after a day of drywalling that’s just not going to work…
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- Dad was just scary
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- Jack was the obvious weiner…
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- You’re lucky this shot is blurry, that’s all I have to say about that! :)
It looks so real!!! How exciting to see your drywall up! And what a good idea to put your mudding at arm-height. Wish my husband and I had thought of that!
It is definitely the sort of encouragement I need to see to keep pushing forward!
Why is there 2 outlet boxes where your fridge is supposed to go? The top box looks about the right height for a wall switch but how can you reach it with a fridge in the way?
There is a microwave that will sit on top of the fridge, the top outlet is a dedicated circuit for the microwave. The bottom switch is the one for the fridge
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Looks great! I dislike taping corners; have you thought about using 1/4″ round molding on your ceiling / wall joints to save time and headaches?
I have, I really don’t care for the look of rounded corners though, I want all the lines to be clean and crisp, I have however gone with just your standard corner guard which I can hopefully get up soon!
Thank you for the suggestion!