Day 29 & 30 - 10/6-10/7/2010

Wed and Thurs consisted of guys walking around on stilts spreading mud on the drywall.  It's amazing how comfortable they are on those things.  There were even going up and down stairs.. YIKES!!  Unfortunately, watching them prepare the sheet rock is not extremely dramatic or exciting, with the exception of navigating stairs on stilts.

However, up close there is a big difference in the walls, not to mention some of the floors... it is a messy job.  And dust everywhere.  We're having our own dust bowl at the Perkins house.

Quite a mess in the expanded entry.. .fortunately all of this flooring is going away..

Here is a view after day 1 of drywall work as seen in the last post:

Just the drywall is up on the walls and ceiling. No tape, no mud and nothing in the eyebrow arches.

Two days later:

Same view.  The rounded edges have been added to the post and eyebrow openings.  The drywall seams and screw dimples have been taped and filled in.

Not a dramatic change like earlier in the project but still significant.  They should start doing the texture soon we hope.

Of course, there is still a good bit of work left.  Obviously the texture on the walls.  The electrical trim out, the baseboards, casing and other trim, the new A/C turned on, blow-in insulation and radiant barrier, bricking the rear and more concrete work.  RHD is hoping to get to the point that Andy can start assembling and installing cabinets next week.  Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Since we decided on the tile for the downstairs and the tile for the entry was a "special buy", Andy went ahead and dropped a good bit of change at the tile store for 135 sq feet of tile for the entry and stair risers before they sold it all.  Just what we need, more stuff in the garage.

This is the tile for the entry and the stair risers. 

Once the cabinets are out of the way, it will be time to fill the garage up with additional tile and flooring... will Andy ever get his man-cave back?  In the meantime, Andy is working on designing the cabinet layout for a wall in the sunroom and a wall in the new informal dining area.  More cabinets to install.

The good news is that our natural gas bill was less than $12 this month due to not having the gas range to cook on.