It is week 11 into our progress on our house. It is going at a much slower pace than I would like, as we are still waiting for the sheet rock work to be completed. It seems like it is taking a long, long time to get the walls done. The sheet rock guys are doing this for a couple of hours each week (they are coming by after they get done for the day on their regular job) so this part of the process is slow, slow, slow. I am ready for the final sanding to be DONE. Then we can move on to cleaning and painting.
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| Large cracks filled and mudded |
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| More of the same |
You can see in the pictures there were lots of cracks. Captain Man worked on the living room walls and the sheet rock guys were impressed with his work. The process goes something like this... fill in the cracks, apply a 'fiberglass mesh' over the wall (it comes in a large roll), then mud over the mesh, assuring it is smooth, without any humps, clumps, etc. while trying to get it as level with the wall as you can. They usually "mud" three times, allowing it to dry completely between the muddings. Once the wall has had the enough mud to applied to assure a smooth finish, the walls are sanded. So, the process does take some time...and almost all the walls downstairs had to be worked on.
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| Captain Man hard at it...bedroom ceiling |
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| Man in motion |
The ceiling in the master bedroom had a few cracks, so my captain worked on the fix. It took a few days, but once painted, should look good as new, or as good as an old house ceiling can look.
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| Scraping the trim |
I am still scraping trim. I did find a wonderful tool to make the job a little easier. It's a Hyde Contour scraper, that comes with 6 changeable blades. The different blades fit into most of the curves, contours and crevices. The blades are super sharp and scrape the paint off without "digging" into the wood. Works well. But I still have a LOT to scrape.
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| Hyde Contour scraper |
The picture does not show the left side of trim, but there are 12 edges to this one piece of trim on the window. 12! Most people looking at this have told me "just replace with new trim". Nope...I am determine to complete this. I love the trim in this house, and I hope the house is thankful that we are wanting to preserve its original beauty.
Captain Man is telling me that we will have the master bedroom and guest bedroom completed in a few weeks. He is thinking we will be able to move in at that time and work on the rest of the rooms while living there. I am having a hard time believing the bathroom and bedroom will be done. But I am hopeful he is right. We will see.
Until next time...
Enjoy!
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