We visited the house on the first warm day of the year, a slightly abnormal high 70 degree day. Although the weather was perfect outside with our ever present slight breeze, all the progress from the last update was on the inside of the house. Although the drywallers only had two days of work since the last update, they managed to finish all the taping and first coat of mud, and completed much of the second coat. If I understand the drywalling process correctly, the second coat needs to be sanded, then the final finishing coat will be applied, after which the drywall will be completed.
The progress is evident the second you walk in the door. The foyer corners beads have been mudded and a wide tapered joint. The mud is fairly smooth, but it's not yet sanded. All the screws have been covered. There's even more drywall dust on the concrete, which is more white than gray now. For the floor covered by wood, this shouldn't be a problem. For areas that will require tile, I think they would have to clean the floor pretty well so the thinset can adhere properly.
The dining room has the same second coat treatment, nearing completion of the room. Now that I think about it, there must have been some sanding work done because there's no other way the fine drywall dust could be everywhere. The mud is wet when they apply it so that wouldn't put dust everywhere. There must be a light sanding between each application. There's more dust to come if they're going to finish coat all the walls.
Here's a closer look at the corner trim bead after the second application of mud. In this case, the corner beads have only gotten one coat of mud and it looks like it still needs to be sanded. The application is pretty smooth, but you can still see some ridges from the drywall trowel. The screws in this area still need to be mudded as well.
The second mud has been applied in much of the great room, but the mud on some of the joints still look too narrow to be a second coat. The wall penetrations have been tapered off. Drywall finishing isn't super exciting so there's not much else to say about this.
The drywall installers left the scaffolding set up this time so you can see how high they can reach from the top. The joints directly above the scaffold looks like it has the second coat applied. The only high area is in the rotunda, which does not yet have a second coat.
The kitchen drywall has been completed and a second coat of mud applied to the joints. The space above the sliding door is currently drywalled, but can easily be removed for the transom window that will be installed. Although it was warm outside, the heat was set pretty high in the house to aid in drying.
The master bedroom drywall is also nearing completion with smooth walls. Once the final coat gets applied, it will look even smoother, with the same finish everywhere. It won't take much primer and paint to have a perfect finish.
The center of the rotunda still needs to have tape applied, which is good since we noticed that the chandelier box doesn't look centered in the space. Well, it's actually hard to tell where the center is, but we can clearly see that's it's not in line with the rest of the recessed lights, center of the front door, and center of the second floor fireplace. It seems like there should be a straight line between all these, but the chandelier box is clearly off center. I'll have to talk to Mike about this to see what we can do.
The first floor rotunda is coming together well. The stairs are still well protected from damage and as soon as the drywall is completed, the woodworking can begin.
I climbed up on the scaffolding to take a peek at the gazebo chimney. The flashing is installed behind the stone and stepped under the roof shingles so we shouldn't have to worry about water penetration in this area. The cricket is just visible at the back side of the chimney so water can shed well, but I think I might have to watch this area for leaf build up. It's a good installation, as to be expected from Old Country Stone.
That's it for this week. It was a short update, but it was split with the mid-week update, and there's only so much you can say about drywall finishing. I suspect the rest of the drywall work should take the rest of the week so the next update might see a finish coat. We should have good weather this week, so I'm hoping to see some good progress on the exterior stone as well. After the exterior stone is completed, we can call Great Oaks back in to talk about getting the grade at the front of the house brought up and finish the first phase of landscaping. We have a meeting this week to pick out some slabs for counter tops and finalize the finished plumbing selections. Maybe we'll get the chance to visit the site again and I'll make another update if there's enough material.
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