Hanging the Sheetrock

5/8" Fire Coded Sheetrock is used in the Garage

That's an 18' Ceiling

 

Kitchen Start

They Overlap the doorway and cut it out later

Kitchen Completed

That's the Hood Vent Exhaust in the Upper Right

 

Hallway from Bedrooms

 

Usually they work their way Down but were Short Handed on This Day

It's Starting to Look Like a Living Room

Skylight Over the Stairs

They use Metal Edges to Give them Shape

If you Look Closely you can see the Staples Holding Them in

Master Bedroom with Plenty of Sunlight

 

Front Entry & Dining Room

Light Switches Trimmed Around

Mesh Tape is Used to Cover the Seams

This will be Mudded (Plastered) Over Later

Looking Through the Kitchen

 

The hanging of the sheetrock has begun and is already close to being wrapped up. It’s a lot of work and with about 200 sheets to hang it takes a while. Years ago they used to secure it to the walls using nails and a hammer that looked like a small hatchet with a dimpled hammer head.  Now they use screws and a screw gun and it goes up pretty quickly. Also, they use a zip tool which is like a small router to cut out the openings for the light boxes and outlets. The best part is they do it once the sheet has been screwed into the 2x4’s so it moves it along even quicker. They’ve been able to hang much of it without a lot of waste. Not only does it save money but that means less is going into the landfill.

 

After walking around rooms for months that were outlined only by studded walls, it’s nice to see the rooms actually take on the shape that we designed and that we previously only saw on a PC screen in 3D. Each one is already taking on it’s on own character and all of the windows are letting in light just like we like and planned.

 

Once all the sheetrock is hung then it’s on to the plastering. We’re getting closer and closer.