I would rather be........

Sanding drywall just stinks! It's like doing the whole karate kid wax on wax off thing while someone stands in front of you and above you throwing cups of flour at you. How much fun is that?

All of last week I had to work a trade show in FLA. Nothing like standing on your feet for 11-12 hours a day on concrete is there? Oh maybe it would be more fun to sand drywall while standing on concrete? Nah! It's good to be home.

The plan right now is to get the sanding done by friday and get a little bit of help with the painting this upcoming weekend. We need to get that done this weekend so that the flooring guys can get up there to finish the 2nd part of the house before mid march. Then it is on to flooring of the bathroom and getting the shower tiled in. The list is getting shorter believe it or not, sometimes I think not. So a couple more days of getting flour tossed on me and then it's on to paint.

OK so now I remember why

Why drywall work just sucks! The mud, the tape, the angles, the sanding, the mudding, the reaching to the ceiling..........

I knocked down the 2nd layer of mud yesterday, and we quickly started to do the final coat. It is going to look awesome! I have to work in Florida all week so I won't be able to get the sanding done until next sunday. Next sunday is also the day we pick up the cabinets for the bathroom.

Future updates - Tile for the bathroom, cabinets installed, shower floor poured, paint on the walls, floors re-finished......oh my we have a ton to get done.

The drywall ninja stopped by

Our friend Damon ( who is friends with charlie babbitt, a fellow antiochian) stopped by today to let his dog play in our yard with Kelsey (now 7yrs old!) and he wanted to help out here at the oldstonehouse. Damon wanted to learn more about DIY work on old houses, and what a better way to learn than tape and mud. It was fun to show a newbie how and what to do for butt joints and tappered joints of mud and tape. Not that we are pros here....but we sorta have a clue about it. The kid did a good job for his first time.

It's going to be a long week. I have my manager coming into town, 2 classes during the night, monday and thursday. So not a lot of time to get the second coat of mud up. Gotta try right?

Listen up other DIY'ers!

1. Don't use plastic mud trays!-

"Oh yeah that won't happen to us....." RIGHT! sometime last week another houseblogs.net geek advised to not use plastic mud trays for drywall mud. Did we listen....Oh no! Why? because the cost of metal as 3X's that of plastic at the big box. While you can get it from www.amazon.com for less, we were in a pinch. BUY THIS over THIS! The plastic used in those trays is softer than....well I won't go into it...but it is way too soft for the use of metal tools.

Anyways.....you can tell what we are up to.

The first coat of mud is up in the new bedroom. All of the corners, seams, and edges are taped and mudded. What fun this is. Actually it isn't that bad. Sanding will be the part where I use $*#)($ symbols to express myself.

Sandy worked hard today on the ceiling seams. I was the corner and screw head guy for the most part.

We are a little behind and we don't see how we are going to make any of it up. Oh well....so is life. Do it right, don't rush it, and enjoy it as you send the check to the mortgage company right?

HUNG!

All of the walls, all of the ceiling, all of the corners and angles. The can lights are in, the boxes are in for the light fixtures, and switches are ready. Now comes the fun part.....mud and tape...tape and mud. OH Joy!

I hope to get the majority of that done this week during the evenings and nights. Of course that is what I blog, but what will actually happen? Focus luke...focus! Why do we all hate to mud and tape? Why do we hate sanding? I know that I do, but I couldn't tell you why. I am sure that the photos from it will be funny. We hope to get the tile on the floor done next weekend. That reminds me, I need to call in Isaac to pour the cement in the shower floor. Isaac if you read this get over here and mix up some cement!

My skin is getting dry

All of this drywall is making my skin dry dry dry!

98% of the 1/4 inch is up. We have one more trip to make to the local dump, of course another stop at church (LOWE'S) tomorrow, and then we will finish up with all of the hanging. FINALLY! I hope to mud three nights this week. Tape and mud...tape and mud. Here we go.