5/8" Fire Coded Sheetrock is used in the Garage
That's an 18' Ceiling
Kitchen Start
They Overlap the doorway and cut it out later
Kitchen Completed
That's the Hood Vent Exhaust in the Upper Right
Hallway from Bedrooms
Usually they work their way Down but were Short Handed on This Day
It's Starting to Look Like a Living Room
Skylight Over the Stairs
They use Metal Edges to Give them Shape
If you Look Closely you can see the Staples Holding Them in
Master Bedroom with Plenty of Sunlight
Front Entry & Dining Room
Light Switches Trimmed Around
Mesh Tape is Used to Cover the Seams
This will be Mudded (Plastered) Over Later
Looking Through the Kitchen
The hanging
of the sheetrock has begun and is already close to being wrapped up. It’s a lot
of work and with about 200 sheets to hang it takes a while. Years ago they used
to secure it to the walls using nails and a hammer that looked like a small
hatchet with a dimpled hammer head. Now
they use screws and a screw gun and it goes up pretty quickly. Also, they use a zip
tool which is like a small router to cut out the openings for the light boxes
and outlets. The best part is they do it once the sheet has been screwed into the
2x4’s so it moves it along even quicker. They’ve been able to hang much of it
without a lot of waste. Not only does it save money but that means less is
going into the landfill.
After
walking around rooms for months that were outlined only by studded walls, it’s
nice to see the rooms actually take on the shape that we designed and that we
previously only saw on a PC screen in 3D. Each one is already taking on it’s on
own character and all of the windows are letting in light just like we like and
planned.
Once all the
sheetrock is hung then it’s on to the plastering. We’re getting closer and
closer.
