Sheetrock- Day 8

It's now starting to feel like it's coming together... it's feeling like rooms now- but really cluttered!

From the backdoor

Reverse- from the dining room doorway

The fridge will be set back into where
the back door/hall used to be

Bathroom still needs some sound proofing
on the left wall before getting drywall

Butler's Pantry

Sheetrock- Day 7

The downstairs walls have been started... not much to add, except this is taking FOREVER!

From the back door

Reverse- From the dining room doorway

Butler's Pantry

Ceiling of butler's pantry

Between the family room and the new kitchen

Master Bedroom Ceiling

Having the downstairs of the house in complete disarray just wasn't enough- ha ha!

Back when we were waiting for the roof to go on, there was lots of rain... which caused some damage to the master bedroom ceiling.

The ceiling in there wasn't in great shape to begin with, but this made it a necessity to get re-done.  Plus, we figured that while the sheetrock guys were here, and the house is a dusty mess right now from the other drywall work, it makes sense to do it now.

That meant we needed to clear out the bedroom...

Since our contractor & drywall guys agreed it would be faster & cheaper if we did the demo of the old ceiling ourselves, Mike got to work...

It was a super messy job.

The lath needed to come down, plus there was a ton of fuzzy insulation that got everywhere!

Mixed in was the old corn cob "insulation"...

We bagged up all of this mess.  It had to be carted downstairs, out the front door, and Mike positioned the tractor to load them into.  He could then easily dump them into the dumpster in the backyard.

We got lots of cars slowing down to check out what was going on with the tractor in front of the house!

We were able to get 13 bags out before it was too late and dark to continue.
Here's a picture taken the next morning with how much was left...

It took one more day to clear out the rest, and now it's feeling much better.

It was a total of 27 contractor garbage bags full!

The contractor needs to do some framing for the guys to hang the sheetrock from.

Mike brought up some of the left over insulation to use in the eave area, where it may be a little drafty.

The downside is that the four of us are now crammed into the two boys' rooms (along with all of the furniture, clothing, rug, etc. from our bedroom).  Hoping this doesn't take too long!

Sheet Rock- Day 6

We got lucky... the drywall guy had his Saturday job cancel last weekend, so he showed up to work on our house!  YAY!

We worked on some outside projects and stayed out of his way :)

By end of the day, he had taped and spackled the whole laundry room...

View into laundry room from hallway

Laundry Room

Reverse of Laundry Room

Most of the closet (not the ceiling)...

Most of the bathroom (not the ceiling)...

View from the bedroom doorway

From the bedroom doorway

Reverse, looking towards the bedroom

Sheet Rock- Day 5

While the guys were working upstairs, the contractor had a few tweaks to do to make the walls level/plumb for the drywall.

Strips of wood added

More rock removal!

Now they finally are ready to get some of the downstairs dry wall up!  They have started with the ceiling...

From the backdoor

Reverse- from the butler's pantry

Half way done with the half bath ceiling

Grrr- The plumbers didn't finish putting a trap here,
so a hole was left open for them to complete that.

Sheet Rock- Day 4

The doorway between the Master Bedroom and the Master Bath came down...

This was taken on Day 6,
so you get a little preview!

Day 3 photo

The third floor sheet rock is up!  That was only the stairway/hallway, but the odd angles made it a bit tricky!

This is taking longer than I had expected, but at least we're seeing progress each day!

Outside Trim & Porch Post

While the guys are drywalling inside, the contractor has started the trim work outside.

The back porch is looking more substantial (still missing railings, but getting there!)

Here's how it looked last week:

It's a little hard to see in photos, against the white house wrap, but there are white trim boards that he's working on now...

Column-ish details along the back, on the sides of the windows...

Sheet Rock- Day 3

They've completed hanging the drywall the closet...

Doorway from Master Bath into closet 

Once inside the doorway, you turn right and see this...

Master Closet

Reverse- the laundry room is on the other side of this wall

Speaking of the Laundry Room- that drywall is all put up too!

Looking in from hallway

Reverse of Laundry Room

There's still a small section across from that hallway door (you can see an extension cord running to it) that needs to be put in.  This is the opening we have been using to get in & out of the closet & master bath since the bedroom opening isn't broken through yet.

That's up next!