Drywall Finally Done

[neblinc]

And I would never do it again. Hard to believe it has been 2 months after the framing was done to get all this hung and finished.

Now for the cleanup, primer & paint.

If I would have spent the extra money on steel panels I would have been way ahead in my labor that was wasted on the drywall. It does look nice and the wife commented that it looked nicer than our house, it still was a big pain.

Randy

 

[BoCRon]

Nice work! My husband did the drywall install in the finished attic we did off our daughter's bedroom. When it came time to do the basement we hired a crew. They finished over 1000sf in one day!
Yours looks phenomonal, at least you're done.
Annette

 

[BowtieNut]

Looks good, and I totally agree with you. I don't think I'd do mine the same way again either. It looks really nice, especially now that mine's all painted, but WOW that's alot of work. I don't mind hanging the rock, but taping is just not my thing. It seems like a good idea at the beginning, since the sheetrock is so cheap, but that's not even half of it! Next time I might do the walls with sheetrock, but I'd do the ceiling in vinyl or steel. But hey, at least it's done now, right?

 

[putttn]

Wow, that looks like a ton of work and a mess. I was facing the same dilema until I ran across FRP paneling. We're just in the 1st stage of installing it over OSB and I have to tell you I like the OSB to work with much better than drywall. I figured by the time I taped, mudded, taped, mudded sanded and then sanded some more and then finally painted, I'd end up with jsut a painted drywall wall. I couldn't wash the wall, or had to be really careful doing so, unless I painted it with some pretty heavy duty stuff and even then it's not very hardy. So we slap up the OSP in 4x8 sheets, air gun nail it to the studs and glue the FRP over that. FRP is almost indestructable and you can pressure wash it as often as you want. Matter of fact, it's used in car wash applications all over the country. Comes in a variety of colors too. Costs about $32 for a 4x8 sheet.

 

[neblinc]

The way it is going, it will take me the rest of the week after work to get everything wiped down and cleaned up before I can start with the primer & paint

Next is deciding on lighting, the insulation in the attic, installing outlets, cabinets, baseboard trim. It will be a year in May that the building was done. I must be slower than heck having this much left to do

Randy

 

[z28toz06]

The way it is going, it will take me the rest of the week after work to get everything wiped down and cleaned up before I can start with the primer & paint

Next is deciding on lighting, the insulation in the attic, installing outlets, cabinets, baseboard trim. It will be a year in May that the building was done. I must be slower than heck having this much left to do

Randy

It AlWAYS costs more and ALWAYS takes longer!

I hope you wired for the lighting and had a good idea of what you were going to use before you put all that drywall up!