Day 80- Drywall Almost Done

The drywall guys have been working in the house for the last few days and they are sanding and finishing the job today and tomorrow. On Thursday, we're going begin putting up the first coat of paint, trim and interior doors. The drywall should have been totally finished by today, but the crew ran out of drywall and then left for the day- twice. It just goes to show that you always have to be thinking one step ahead and prepare for anything that could come up in order to stay on schedule. Our floors, cabinets and rear windows all arrived last week and are sitting in a storage locker waiting to be installed.

Here's what the first floor looks like after the crew hung the drywall. There's actually a pretty large window in the rear, but it is temporarily covered.




This is the view looking in the other direction. We've decided to extend the ends of the octagonal tray ceiling all the way to the walls on either side. It just doesn't look right with the spaces on either side. The framer is coming in today to frame the sides out.



This is the new basement. Pretty amazing to think that two months ago this had a six-foot ceiling and was totally unfinished (and had been since 1880). Now it has a TV room, washer and dryer, full bathroom, desk area and several closets.



The shape of the master bathroom is such that it's really difficult to get a good picture. However, you can just make out in this one how we were able to leave exposed brick behind the jacuzzi. It can't stay exactly like this because the shower is going to get it wet, so we have to somehow make it waterproof. We're thinking about either using the Durock up to about six feet and leaving the top three exposed, or just spraying the whole thing with some kind of silicone-based sealant.




The next few weeks look like this- paint, trim, alarm, windows and doors, flooring, electric and gas gets turned on, tradesmen come back to finish, installation of cabinets and fixtures, installation and fabrication of handrails, fabrication of cornice (if anyone knows a good person for this, please let us know!), punch-out work, and finally, sale.

Keep checking in to see our progress.

Thanks,

Dave