Leaving City Life Behind

Greetings, As my last update was dated 13th May I clearly didn't succeed in my stated 3-4 weeks for this next one.  Five weeks on, this last few weeks has been a 12 hours a day 6½ days a week occupation.  More recently, as if to suggest I might be going a trifle mad, I can't get stop the echoing in my head of the lyrics from the Bowie/Queen 1982 release of "Under Pressure," hence the title of this latest post.  Most of the recent work has been centred on items inside the house that will lead to a point where I can request my occupancy inspection, and if that inspection is successful, move in. That by no means means the place will be complete.  For occupancy, the building inspectors require all safety features in place (e.g. guardrails, stair hand rails, insulating foam to be covered by drywall or other wood materials that will delay the spread of a fire to this material sufficiently to allow escape) plus a functioning kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and basic living are...

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, ...