Well folks, we are finally moving ahead again on our remodeling (shoulder injury has held up back for 18 months now). We are working on the living room and the goal is to get the drywall up, textures, and painted in time to put the christmas tree up on the 19th. We got one wall done last night and plan to do 1 1/2 more tonight and another wall on Thursday. Mudding starts tonight as well. What about that other 1/2 wall? Well I need to remove the door way and widen the opening, probably add an arch way to it. But thats not on our plate right now because I will need to get lumber for and things are tight for a couple more months yet. Besides, one thing at a time. We are only drywalling the top 6 foot, below that we will be installing a chair rail made of pallet wood. But that's not part of the before christmas goal, that will probably be a spring project so I can clear coat the pallet boards outside to have a better idea what each board will look like before it goes on the wall so I can make it more visually appealing. So I will probably do the door frame and finish the drywall on that half wall the end of January and then the pallet half wall in April or May. Aint remodeling fun? Below is a pic of what we got done last night. Dont worry about the small piece missing by the window, waiting for a drop of that is close to the right size.
Awesome!! And I totally agree on wider doorways. My previous house had oversized doorways, moved here to like 28" ones Curious, why are you putting drywall up?
Two reasons: the exterior walls are stucco and therefore were cold any uninsulated. We put up 2x2 and insulted with 2" foam inbetween on all the exterior walls. Reason 2: We can't hang things on wall very well. The stucco wont take anything other than monster cement screws. The plaster crumbles and the lathe behind it springs back at you. Also, I guess I have a third reason. It's going to look nicer and squarer when it's done.
Aren't big home protects like that fun? Our basement is almost done after 2 years... Are you using 1/2" drywall or did you go thinner? I'm interested in how the pallet wood at the bottom turns out. It sounds neat.
We are using 1/2 drywall, will put thinner on the ceiling if/when get to that stage. Might do some other sort of ceiling cover.
Looks good.... Doing that at the house... One room at a time... I'd much rather be outside doing something..... But this is the time to do it...
I plan to use a reciprocating saw to get the boards off the pallets and then set therip fence to about 2" so I will end up with wide and narrow boards. Hoping this will look good and work well. Will probably start harvesting pallets when its still too muddy to cut wood.
Coming along nicely, Grizzly Adam I personally am no fan of mudding, anymore, I would slap pallet slats everywhere if my wife asked if we could redo the walls in ANY or ALL of the rooms in the house including the ceilings ! I hate to mud- then sand- then mud- then sand..... Hate it! Can't wait to see your pallet "wainscoting."
looks good, how are you going to attach the pallet wood? hanging drywall around here, Ohio, drywall adhesive down stud and only screw top and bottom edge. top screw is in top mud bottom screw is in mid seam mud. bottom screw would be under trim. when I did something similar, put 1/2 inch plywood below the drywall and then attach the wainscot to that. will give it some structural integrity.
Good luck with the home make over. Just went through that. All walls, floors and ceiling torn out right to the outside studs. All the wires, plumbing, heating and water supply all removed. Total gut and remodel. My son did it. He is a pro at it. All back together now. He had to take a few months and was on my payroll to get it done. You'll be happy and warmer when you get it all done. Those windows, are they the single pane windows. (saw the cords on the inside that suggest window weights.) Agree about the need for wider doorways. We went with 36 inch. Want to be able to get a wheelchair through if needed.
We are planning to put plywood under the pallet wood, as you mentioned you did. The trim will all be custom, probably out of pine to make it match. The main reason we are opening up the doorway if for heat circulation.
Whatever you put behind the pallet wood, you may wanna paint it black. I've seen people do that with barn wood walls just in case there are any gaps between boards. If and when our basement floods and I have to cut drywall, this may be an option for us. Very interesting.
