Asked the boss about this, and the bold is what they do. He said it's to give a "fancier" look. Uh.....right, whatev. Always looks goofy to me. I didn't do it on the pole barn.
Well, they're done. So much for another day of work. We're going to have him come back out later this year for some roof work. We'll hang onto the leftover material to use when/if we put up the addition, so it'll match. He said it looks like about 5 sq. of siding. And the supplier wanted to order 22! Got 'em down to only ordering 16, and we'll still probably have leftover after the addition too.Wife is looking forward to sleeping in now that they're done.
My first thought was you were really brave to have such a project started in the winter but it worked out great, I am happy that you are now warm and comfy and no more stress...
So, barring anymore unforseen circumstance, we should be starting the furnace/duct/etc. install Friday. Yay, I get to crawl around in the attic again.
It's a short drive.......... J/K Nephew, brother, and a friend will be here. Hardest part will be cutting ceiling for registers and then hole sawing the duct, then the rest of the insulating, then getting in the crawl to do the pipe work. Ok, so the whole thing's gonna' be a pita. Only need 6 holes cut, though. Laundry room will have a register on the plenum, bathroom may have to be reduced, and the stove room will need an adjustment to the opening in there.
Yeah, so that didn't happen. Brother got busy with something else, so I spent the day finishing up the drywall for the patio door wall and got the 1st coat of mud on. I had pulled the furnace in and dropped it in the living room so we weren't working with cold metal. It's nicely warmed up now. Anyway, I put that back in the laundry room about where it'll finally sit after I did some drywall patching on the wall behind it. More of that to do so I can get a couple coats of paint on and dry before we set the furnace and plenum, so it actually works out better that he didn't come over. Waiting for mud to dry. Still need to patch the floor by the door. That's where the old DV heater used to be.
Why so many screws in the drywall?? in the future run a bead of drywall adhesive on the stud, attach drywall with one screw top and bottom which will wind up in the tape joint and then one in the center. making good progress, at this rate you won't need to burn wood next year.
To be honest, never done it any other way. I've only heard of adhesive used on ceilings. The drywall on the left is original to the room, and nailed. The taper joint half way up only had one coat of mud, and the joint wasn't full, leaving the mesh tape partially exposed. I was very tempted to pull all that down but didn't and am filling the joint and resetting the nails. Lots of other little holes and dents to fill, but it'll be fine once I get it sanded and painted.
reply at 12:04 am? man you need to get some sleep. I never seen it done that way either until I moved to Ohio.
The only time I used adhesive was using nails for fasteners - to stop pops, not to use fewer fasteners. I haven't used nails for drywall in ages.
Interesting, I was taught on drywall two screws at the top 2 at the bottom and one in the middle. On the 4ft section. When you doubled the screws they were a few inches apart. That way there was no pops. The top and bottom are usually in the tape joint.
yup, must be an east coast thing, raised in NY most of the family were union dry wallers. Nails/screws do not actually "pop", the true problem is drywall is manufactured and shipped so fast that it is not dry when installed so when it is truly dry it shrinks and creates the nail/screw "pops". Oh and if you learned that way, you must be old like me..........
ironpony, I'm 46, but I grew up in a three-bedroom one-and-a-half bath home with seven siblings. When my parents bought it was the house they can afford and it needed a remodel. With five younger brothers, it was how my dad remodeled the first floor. Every time one of the boys got mad and put another brother through the wall or punched the wall. You had to cut out the lath and plaster ceiling to floor and replace with sheetrock. It had to be done to dads specs and not be visible. It was just easier to replace a whole wall at a time
here in extremes of humidity levels New England it's the humidity changes and lack of dimensional stability in wood studs that can be one of many causes for nails to pop up from drywall. Nails pop out of wall shingles, nails pop out of roof shingles, wood fences, all manner of wood things.
Agreed. Except, getting older seems to not allow that most nights. All I've ever seen re: screws is a screw every foot or maybe 16". Regional differences and/or newer methods. I never understood why someone would use nails, but back in the day that's how it was evidently done. I've used screws for 40 years (not a pro by any means, but lots of home "improvement".
Brother, nephew, and a friend FINALLY came over today to start the furnace install. Managed to get 5 boots/registers in the ceiling. Man, have I ever mentioned how much I hate crawling around in attics? Coming back in the morning to do 3 more, then start hooking up the flex ducts. Not sure how much of that my knees can handle, but anything is progress.
