It rained here all night, and most of the day. Bob and Richard had gotten to the job site a little early this morning to lay down OSB in the mud, so we had a path to get into the house without too much mud … which was much appreciated. After our morning devotional from a local pastor, we got our assignments along with a drywall briefing.
Since it was raining, we had all 16 of us working in the house at the same time … and all working with either 8 ft or 12 ft sheets of drywall. As usual, Bob did an amazing job at creating teams that could work in different areas of the house, which worked out really well. There was a bedroom ceiling team, a living room ceiling team, an east side closet team, a bathroom team and a west side closet team. The appropriate number of drywall sheets had been placed in different areas of the house yesterday, which worked out really well.
Joe and I worked with Bill as part of the east side closet team. Our first task was to complete the laundry room, which had quite a few outlets, vents and fixtures to cut out. Bill was certainly experienced at doing this, and had many ‘cool’ tools to help make the job easier. Joe and I measured all the pieces, cut them, and placed them on the wall.
Ta da …. a sheetrocked utility room (exciting, I know …. lol)
While we were busy with this closet and the Master Bedroom closet, the other teams were making amazing progress. We had two drywall ceiling lifts, which made lifting much easier.
Almost all of the team building with us are seasoned veterans at building houses for Habitat. Many of them bring a fully stocked pickup truck full of the latest tools and useful gadgets. Terry, who has built over 50 Habitat houses, had this laser tool that enabled you to transfer the location of the ceiling electrical box to the floor. Once the sheet rock was installed, you could then re-transfer the location back to the ceiling. Very cool!
By our 3PM stopping time, we had exceeded all the goals for today. This puts us a little ahead of schedule for tomorrow, so hopefully we will be able to finish up the drywall. Wish us luck ;-).
Looks like you made a lot of progress! Great job!
What teamwork. I don’t understand how that laser tool works. It sounds impressive. You are obviously becoming very proficient. Hanging drywall and getting it straight is not a simple task. Congratulations on another task well done.
It is good to see a little rain does not slow you guys down. Looking good.
It’s so nice to see all the progress!
Sounds like yet another accomplished day!!!