Drywall
November 23, 2009
The drywall was delivered and stacked into the rooms where it will be needed.
Most of it was four feet wide by up to 16 feet long.
We specified low-V.O.C. adhesive to reduce emissions within the house, and moisture-resistant board for all of the bathrooms.
November 24, 2009
The crew arrived and started screwing the drywall to the ceilings. The flash on the
camera accentuates the dust in the air. They started in the entryway and then
moved on to the cottage.
After the cottage was done they moved on to the garage ceiling. It went a lot faster, with few cuts to make.
Here's a photo of the cottage great room with all the drywall hung. It's amazing how completely this changes the look and feel of the place.
November 27, 2009
The first photo below shows the drywall going up in the sunroom ceiling, and
the second is in the workshop. The crew made it look easy.
As they got to the top of the workshop ceiling they had to use a scaffolding in order to reach high enough. The second photo below shows the shop with the ceiling and west wall done.
November 28, 2009
The floor is a mess (good thing we put down protective rosin paper), but the
ceilings and walls are looking nice. The first photo below is taken from the
southeast end of the living room looking toward the kitchen. The kitchen walls
aren't quite done yet, so you can see the yellow moisture-resistant board that
covers the inside of the bathrooms. The second photo is looking from the kitchen
toward the theater wall. We specified a single piece of 54" high drywall on the
top part of this wall, in order to minimize any ripples when it's used as a
projection screen, and they ran out of 54" wide board so this wall still shows
the black mesh holding back the cellulose wall insulation. What looks like a
recessed lighting fixture in the foreground is actually an air intake that will
pull stale air from the kitchen. We carefully sealed all of the ventilation
ducts as soon as they were installed, to prevent construction dust from entering
the ductwork.
November 30, 2009
The black mesh that was used to contain the insulation in the double walls also
prevents the drywallers from gluing the drywall to the studs, which is normally
done to make it more stable. Often the mesh itself is glued to the studs, so
that drywall can be glued solidly onto the mesh, but with the mesh just stapled
on this wasn't possible. In order to make a flatter and more stable surface for
the theater wall, we cut through the mesh and exposed the bare studs for gluing
on the upper portion of the wall.
The first photo below shows the single 54" high panel being applied to the wall, after running a bead of adhesive down each stud. The image from the projector will be exactly this high and 96" wide. To finish up the living room, they hung drywall around the circular arch over the nook.
December 1, 2009
They continued to tape seams and cover screw holes throughout the house and
shop. Fortunately the insulation is nearly done so we're able to hold some heat
in the house, but we still have to rely on propane burners at this point because
there are still large uninsulated areas and we're still missing most of the big
south-facing windows so the largest window openings are only covered with thin
plastic.
