Drywall

Fourteen tons of drywall was delivered on 6/9 and hanging
began on 6/10.  The drywall certainly makes the house start
looking like a home on the inside.

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Before the drywall began, we wrapped the fir trusses in plastic to protect them from drywall dings, spackle, primer, and paint. Each beam took over two hours to wrap.	Drywall for the kitchen.
		Drywall for the living room and dining room.
	Drywall for the master bedroom.
Drywall for the hallway and bedrooms.		Drywall for the master bath and walk-in closets.
Left side of living room.
	Right side of living room.	Foyer area.
The hole in the insulation was used to bring the 12 foot long sheets of drywall up to the bonus room.	Master bedroom.	Right-rear of living room.
32 buckets of spackle! I don't envy the finisher.	Fireplace with drywall.	Other side of fireplace.
Looking toward dining room.		Master bedroom bay window with drywall.
	Justin in his room.
		Dining room (arcade room, hee, hee, hee)
Master bath shower with green board.	Hot tub with green board.
Other end of dining room.	Garden window in kitchen.	Kitchen where refrigerator and ovens will go (left).
At the last minute, the drywaller said that he needed the ceiling dropped in the closet under the basement stairs.  So Bill had to run out to the house the same evening for some emergency carpentry.  The three pictures above show the lowered ceiling with nailers and lowered lighting box.
	Basement stairs and powder room.
Master bedroom bay window area.		Stairs leading to first floor.  The lights Dave installed can be seen on the left wall.
Cabinet wall.	Ovens, refrigerator and door area.	The breakfast nook with drywall.
The drywallers installed planking between our trusses so they could install the drywall in the cathedral ceiling are.
	Looking down the left side of the truss planking.	Looking down the right side of the truss planking.
Planking was installed between the other planking.	Scaffolding installed at the rear of the living room.	Stairs leading to bonus room along with the step lights Dave installed.
	Looking down the rear side.	Looking back the other way.
Other side of stairs leading to bonus room along with the step lights Dave installed.
Looking down the front side.	Looking back the other way.	This should look good when the drywall is finished.
		First coat of spackle for the arch between the living room and dining room.
A cutout in the drywall for a niche.	A niche just sitting in place.

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