My remodel thread

You're gonna retire in this house, right?

[8mpg]

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nails to get the sheets on the walls and ceilings. All the "field" fasteners were screws

Trying to put up 80lb sheets of drywall on the ceiling with 2 guys is hard. They use nails to get it started.

[Baron Von Crowder]

. Drywall guys killed about all the lightbulbs as they hammered in some nails. I only had the can lights in the house working at the time.

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[8mpg]

Well, havent updated this in a while because there wasnt much to update. I had been working 75 hours a week or so for the last 2 months between 2 jobs and just havent done much...
Finally stepped up and started paying for some work to get done being that I worked so much. Drywall guys have done about 1/2 the job. All the drywall is up and partially tape and bed. We are doing smooth level 5 drywall. Albert (mustang1200's recommendation) is doing the work.
Also, we had the entire a/c and heater replaced. Don and Donnie (JunkRacing) from the board installed a 3 ton heat pump. 15 seer unit inside and out with backup heat strips. THey also ducted the entire house, made new returns and installed new plenums. Dont have any pics from inside the attic where the a/c was moved to but I will get them later.

Here are some drywall pics.










Dont have all the pics of the house right now due to the lack of light. Drywall guys killed about all the lightbulbs as they hammered in some nails. I only had the can lights in the house working at the time.

[Gasser64]

attic foil is just radiant barrier you can find all over the internet. While it works, it does not do anything near what foam can/will do. They key to foam is the air sealing abilities.

Well they say you still radiate heat through the boards. So for perfect effect youd want to spray on some of the silver stuff on all the boards too

[03mustangdude]

looks a lot more than 20k gj!

[8mpg]

Your house is coming along bad ass. I do the same thing, get quotes and then think screw it I can do that. Sometimes my laziness wins and lots of other times my cheapness wins out. My wife is going to come home one day soon to a ripped out bathroom. Dammit I want a bidet!

The cheapness is killing me. I need to do drywall soon but looking at $3000-3500 in labor. That will pay for the new 3 ton heat pump a/c unit, or the dishwasher, stove and oven, or 1/2 the wood floors, etc. I have saved tons of money by doing stuff myself. Im $20k into this and would be at $30k if I had subbed out a lot of the labor so far.

[kingjason]

See I want a urinal.

Minus the mirrors....

I got to pick my battles wisely!

[mustang1200]

Your house is coming along bad ass. I do the same thing, get quotes and then think screw it I can do that. Sometimes my laziness wins and lots of other times my cheapness wins out. My wife is going to come home one day soon to a ripped out bathroom. Dammit I want a bidet!

See I want a urinal.

Minus the mirrors....

[kingjason]

Your house is coming along bad ass. I do the same thing, get quotes and then think screw it I can do that. Sometimes my laziness wins and lots of other times my cheapness wins out. My wife is going to come home one day soon to a ripped out bathroom. Dammit I want a bidet!

[mustang1200]

Nice progress. Looking good.

[UserX]

Updates...finally. Almost ready for drywall. The foamers were out yesterday and did all the exterior walls. My dad and I got the last 2 windows installed while they were setting up. Before and afters:

Very impressive work, man! Everything is looking great.

[JordonMusser]

Its finally coming along..



Vaulted ceiling for lift





other than garage, fav part of the house:

(hard to tell, but its the second story landing/sitting area.. huge open with 13' vaulted ceilings)

[Vertnut]

awesome man!! great work!

How's yours coming along?

[JordonMusser]

awesome man!! great work!