Sheet rockin and rollin

The house requires about 200 sheets of drywall or sheetrock.  Richard Sesock of RSB Drywall, who has done 5 or 6 other jobs for us, is handling the work.  105 4' X 12' sheets are delivered directly to the second floor through the back deck door.  I have put off installing the deck railings to help this task go smoothly and easily.

The rock is stocked on both floors and the hangers get to work nailing and screwing.

In a few days, the second floor is nearing completion.  I work additional shimming on those walls that have protruding studs or walls that are not straight enough.

Cutouts for electric outlets, switches, air conditioning ducts, etc. are quickly performed using one of those rotozip tools that you see in the late night commercials.

Our plan to use propane and/or kerosene heaters during the finish work runs afoul of the arrival of winter.  Nighttime temperatures have plunged to the single digits so we need another approach to dry and warm the sheet rock mud.  On Monday, I will try to get an inspection for my gas meter release and will attempt to install a few baseboard heating loops so we can run the boiler to heat the house.  The baseboards will get in the way of the drywall finishing and the painters and we also will run the risk of the baseboards being damaged.  But it is too cold for other solutions and the temporary heating devices also add too much moisture when they are running around the clock.

Other work: the hardwood flooring is delivered and stored in the garage.  Gutters are installed and hooked up to the conduit laid under the driveway concrete.  We clean and paint the sub floors to seal in any off gassing.  Tile and carpet estimates are being worked.