The Big Addition: Walls and Railings

This phase should be all about a few major tasks: drywall, railing posts, preparing the bathroom for finishes, hanging doors, installing the vanity, and the great room wood ceiling. As you saw earlier, the railings are in production, and the posts were delivered, but there they sit, as most resources have been working on waterproofing and drywall prep. Drywall? We've been waiting for the place to be water tight and dry. As well, the first round of bids were way over plan, and 2 times the going rate. With one call, we provided a contact for a reasonably priced, high quality drywall contractor. Result? Right at the going rate. Ya know, it's just not that hard to find these people.

A big storm on 2/24 pushed a lot of water in all of the new construction. The garage was worst followed by the great room and the master. We are still not water tight... Three days later, we terminated our relationship with our GC. Now, we're it. There are leaks to fix, omitted structural elements to add, delaminated plywood to replace, as well as the tasks listed above. Let's go.

Rock! We finally have drywall on the walls. Looks great. Over a few days, the bedroom, bathroom, great room, living room, laundry room, garage, and office were sheetrocked. Dust everywhere, but we are psyched to see the walls covered. Next step will be mud and skim-coat. Looking at some of those pictures, is it snow? No, that's Metacrylics, the best way to seal a flat roof. We had planned to do all Meta, but used hot-mop (tar) in January as it was too cold for Meta. A few days later, Andy applied the gel form of Meta to fix a bunch of leaks. The gel is like very thick paint. Applying it is a cross between finger painting and paper mache, as there's a cloth that gets pushed into the acrylic for strength. Anyway, eventually, these roofs will be tiled, but not for a while. First, there's scaffolding.