mudding it up

Anyone who's been around to the place knows that we're further along than this. Quite a bit further along actually. However, getting to be where we're at in the process has left little time to keep up to date on the blog. At this point in the progress that these photos were taken you can see how much of a mess drywall is. I know there are better products out there and maybe at some point I'll get around to showing some of those. Right now though, focus is just on getting the place done.

"Zip-Strip" detail

"Zip-Strip" with one laye of plaster.

been busy

At this point in the process the drywall has all be hung and is awaiting tape and mud, cornerbead, and "zip-strip". Zip-strip is just another profile for drywall edges that gives you a super clean straight line at the bottom and top of your drywall panel. It also allows the mudder to mud down to the bottom of the drywall and blend the zip strip into the wall. It has this little removable piece that you "zip" off when it's all done and gives you a clean line at the floor. I image that it's a detail the people over at grassrootsmodern.com would go for.
Here's the detail...with other images coming later

Drywalling

This is what the house looks like a week later after starting renovations. On Friday the drywall crew delivered all the gyp board, Monday they began hanging. They got about halfway done.

renovation day 6

At this point most all demo is done. I think all the flooring has been laid. We had to move the furniture out of the front room so we could finish laying the floor in that room. This also allowed us to leave some room for the drywall crew that will be coming.