Men on stilts

Our drywall is all done and it looks great. We're convinced that the finishing guys hated working in our house. Sanding and mudding around all the posts and beams probably was not fun, especially when you get paid by the sheet. We tried to joke around with them about it but they were not amused and barely smiled. It took the two guys a couple days to do the mudding, then one day to sand. We still need to clean the frame since it's covered in a fine layer of dust but we'll wait until the floors are sanded to do that. Run Forest Run!

Drywall update

Good news – our drywall is all hung! It took two hardworking men a little over two days to get everything up and they did an awesome job. A separate finishing crew started taping and mudding last Friday and will finish up this week.We expected it, but our house was full of dust. Yes, there is slate under there!On Saturday we spiffed things up a bit before heading to BT and Cat's wedding.Scott and Steph were in town for the wedding and we wish they could have stayed longer. Too bad we don't have any photos to post of Scott rockin' the air guitar at the wedding. Yesterday Shawn, Scott and Steph came over to check out our progress.Steph, you make a great drywall model!

Pre-drywall work & play

On Friday morning we were all dressed and ready for work when we got a phone call that our drywall was scheduled to be delivered around 9:30 that morning. We quickly decided it would be best to take the day off. We half expected our drywall crew to show up that afternoon and we needed to run our Cat-5 and Coax cable throughout the house. We also needed to stuff the interior walls with acoustic insulation. As for the drywall, we bought it from a company in Leesburg called Global Supply. Pablo, our drywall guy, referred us to them and our next door neighbor referred us to Pablo. So far things are going pretty smoothly. Global Supply showed up around 10:00 with 174 sheets of drywall and supplies. We popped out an upstairs window and with a boom arm, they hoisted up about 70 sheets and staged them upstairs. The rest of the sheets were wheeled in through the mudroom and positioned throughout the rooms. We couldn't imagine lugging the 4x12 sheets into the house and up the stairs. The crazy thing is, and we're about to find out, that Pablo and his 3 man crew are going to hang all the sheets in 2 days. It would take us about 2 months! So tomorrow is the day–our drywall is going up! Here are some pics taken on Friday…The drywall delivery only took about half an hour.Most of our interior walls are now stuffed with yellow, fish smelling acoustic insulation. Yuck! We certainly won't miss hanging insulation. It's awful stuff and nasty to work with, but we think it's a smart move to fill the walls. It already makes a huge difference in the noise level.It also made for some quality father/daughter bonding!We ended the day with a visit from River, Logan and Kelly.