Getting Faster at Wall Work

Start the clock:

Saturday, March 3rd

10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Rip out the stinking, rotting drywall and cuss about the laziness of the people who "restored" the house.

11:10 Stop and take a picture of how thick the "texture" was on the wall. Kind of hard to see from the photo, but it was about 3/8".

11:15 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Drag the debris out to the deck and apply two coats of Kilz to the framing.

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Ok, I had to stop and get something to eat.

3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. All but one piece of drywall hung (the piece around the heat vent near the floor)

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Clean up. Why does this always take so long? (mop the floor, put away the tools, hide the piece of drywall I'll need later behind the dining room table.

Sunday, March 4th

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. cut and cram the last piece of drywall into place. Why did I have to cram it? There was supposed to be 1/2" space in the corner of the adjoining wall for me to slide my piece in for a nice fit. Ha ha. What started out as 1/2" tapered down to the floor to about 1/4". So I did the best I could to butt it into the corner. I'm glad hiding drywall mistakes is fairly easy.

Wednesday, March 7th

Taping and mudding complete.