Drywall

Drywall is still underway.  As of this writing (5/31/14) all the rock has been hung and the taper is well into taping and mudding.  He has about a week left, he thinks.  He has been at it for 4 weeks already.  We had done some of the ceiling drywall ourselves, as previously noted.  Mostly where the insulators needed to foam and blow in ceilings.  Other than that, I let Den (the drywall guy) do the rest of it.  I am OK with hanging drywall, but I sure wouldn't do the mudding/taping.  I hung all the rock in the shop, so this wouldn't scare me off that much except I just don't have the time with all the other things that needed addressing.  Plus Den works at a very reasonable rate, so that helps make the call to sub it out easier.

So some sequential progress pics.  I haven't taken a lot of the mudding process as it just doesn't look like all that much in photos.  I'll get a couple final shots of that.

Day 1, he started with upstairs walls.  Ceilings were already done by us, as noted.

Library:

 Bella's BR:

 Day 2 he wrapped up most of the upstairs, except the stairwell:

 Plus he completed the office on the main floor:

 Day 3 he worked on the main level mostly.  Hallway in the master suite:

 Master BR:

 Day 4 continued in the master suite.  Laundry room into closet:

 And he did the Upper stairwell.  Not sure how he handled those sheets as that is a tough place to work:

 Day 5 he is wrapping up the master suite.  Master bath here.  The little room at the back of the photo is the shower which will get tiled, so no drywall in there:

 Master bath looking out:

 And he started on the Foyer ceiling in the main level:

 Day 6 - wrapped up the foyer:

 And the inside walls of the pantry:

 More foyer (Still with the temporary front door):

 And he started a bit on lower level ceilings:

 Day 7 - Garage ceilings were basically wrapped up in one day, except for the soffits enclosing the steel beams:

 Day 8, he moved back to the main level and did basically all of the great room ceiling:

I took a few more photos, but nothing real dramatic (drywall does not lend itself to drama...), but he finished off the rest over the next few days, and then started taping a little bit the Friday before Memorial Day (5/23/14).  He has been taping all week after Mem day, and will continue for all or most of next week.  I'll post another entry with the final pics of that.

After he wraps up taping, we still need to finish off the subfloor.  On top of the concrete on the main level, we need to put down another layer of subfloor so there is something to nail the wood floor to (or carpet, or tile...depending on the room). That will take a few days.  Then it is time to plastic off all the windows and then blast a coat of primer and some white paint on the ceilings with the sprayer.  We might do some finish painting then too, but that will depend on a lot of things (choosing colors, timing, etc).