Leaving City Life Behind

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, ...

Greetings, I left my readers 3 weeks ago just as the drywalling work had started. Prior to that, what with the amount of Roxul Sound and Comfort insulation I had been gradually putting into the internal walls and ceiling joists, the inside of the house had begun to look distinctly like a dark green padded cell in a lunatic asylum! Thankfully, as anticipated, the effect of the drywalling rapidly brought about a quantum change and at long last a feel that the inside of the house is now turning from a mere building frame into a home. At approximately 3,600 sq ft of living space plus the mechanical room and a 30 feet deep by 26 feet wide (780 sq ft) garage, drywalling is no small task, further complicated by three high gables, two of which require scaffolding, plus the work to cut and shape the drywall to join the ridge beams, rafters and tongue and groove (T&G) roof, but Bill McGonegal's team have worked diligently and made excellent progress. At the end of the working day th...