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"Stairway to Heaven"

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Good Day, It has been a very busy 3 weeks. My drywalling contractor, Bill McGonegal (Mountain City Drywall/Gyro Construction & Renovations) has worked diligently and completed the drywall task earlier this last week - a total of just over the 5 working weeks he predicted. This was despite being down to just himself and his son Dan over the last two weeks when his other crew member (Mike) was hospitalised after falling and breaking his hip.  (I hasten to add this was in his own weekend time and not a second injury on my build site).  Coming to the end of this task, the dust that arises during the taping, mudding and sanding process was just awful, and the house looked quite a dust bowl, but Bill's wife and niece did a good two day clean up.  That said, I face the fact that for some time I will continue to be plagued by drywall dust seeping out of every nook and cranny. But in this clean up Bill has surpassed any of my other contractors except perhaps Dwight Hulbert, ...