Another Before and After...

Just another picture of before and after. This is a picture taken from the kitchen back in September of 2006. At this point, the 2nd floor wasn't even complete.
Here's a picture of the same area now with drywall up. Now with the drywall hung, they will start putting on the mud and tape to cover up the screws and seams where the pieces of drywall meet. This should take about a week to complete. Once that is done, we'll be moving on to installing the flooring. Here's to hoping everything goes smoothly and we can stay on schedule.

We've Come A Long Way

This is a picture of the family room back in September. I remember when the whole house looked like this... No electrical work, no duct work, no plumbing and most importantly (and obviously) no walls!

Needless to say, it's come a long way. This is that same family room now with walls up. We still have a ways to go, but I am excited about the progress. The interior is now starting to look like something.

Here's a picture from the garage door over to the kitchen area... you can see how messy things are right now. Let's you know that real work is going on. :)

I took this picture from the same location as above but turned so now you can see the entrance to the stairs to the basement and then to the left of that, the doorway to the half bath.

More Drywall Pics...

Took some more drywall pics today. They are almost done with the second floor. I was told they would be done with the entire second floor by the end of today and I am inclined to believe them. They are are working pretty darn fast. This is a picture looking into one of the two smaller bedrooms.
This is a picture looking down the hallway on the second floor from the doorway of the room I took a picture of in the previous picture.
This is the main bathroom on the second floor. You can see the greenboard installed.

Drywall Started

I finally ordered and had the drywall delivered on Friday. Around 12,500 sq. feet of drywall. It's alot of drywall. The contractor started work the next day. The guy is a workaholic. I didn't expect him to begin until Monday, but he wanted to get started. Who am I to tell him no? :) He's told me that it should take somewhere between 7-10 days to get it hung, mud, and taped. I can't wait till it's done. Almost feel that I'm starting to finally hit the last bend before the home stretch!

There are two types of sheetrock (drywall) that is used. You can see the two types in this picture. The one that is green is moisture resistant and is what is used in the bathrooms. The white/grey stuff is regular sheetrock, which is used everywhere else in the house.

The contractor (Rob) is pictured here puttin up drywall in the master bathroom. He's been quite helpful in getting things done. He's always looking for work and he does good

This is one of the tools used to hang the sheetrock from the ceiling.