We had our work cut out for us on this room. We started out tearing out the damaged pieces of Sheetrock by the skylight, above the door way, and by the outlets.
Dustin and my dad working on installing the Sheetrock
by the outlets that had a hole (which was covered up by
the paneling)
This shows the new Sheetrock we cut for over the door and the Sheetrock we
cut for around the outlets (you can also see the progress down the entry hall -
which will be explained in a later blog entry
The next challenge was figuring out how to stabilize the Sheetrock seams between some of the 24" on center studs which was flexing more than it should. (Which would cause problems once the seams had mud in them - more than likely it would crack if someone were to lean against the wall in the right place.) We started out cutting a rectangular hole - putting in two wood strips (one on either side of the hole) on the inside of the wall, which we could get to because of the rectangular hole. Then we were able to put in a new rectangular piece of Sheetrock and screw it to the strips of wood.
This shows the rectangular piece we cut and how it was mounted to the
wood strips behind the wall - cheesy yes, but it was my romantic
attempt in the stress of all the drywall dust
attempt in the stress of all the drywall dust
close up...
We used this method for a few of the places where the Sheetrock was flexing differently at the seems to stabilize it. But then we discovered some screws at the hardware store which had a metal piece that would flare out to stabilize the two sheets when screwed between the two sheets of Sheetrock.
The screw we used
Next we addressed the glue remaining from the panels, the exposed Sheetrock paper, miscellaneous holes, seams, and exposed screws from installing the new Sheetrock. This involved alot of sanding and many, many, many gallons of mud. To address the glue Dustin used a heat gun to soften the glue and then a putty knife to scrap it off. To address the exposed paper we used Sheetrock sanders to sand off the lose ends and then we did 3 light skim coats of all purpose mud. We also used the mud to fill in the holes, skim and float over the seams, and to cover the screws.
You can see all the glue spots and exposed paper on the far
wall (looking towards the kitchen/dinning room)
Because of all the dust, we borrowed a fan from our friends in Brownwood,
the Willson's (among many other tools - that this project made
all these projects possible), to help get some of the dust out
Here is a view into the living room with the glue removed and all
the holes and exposed paper fully mudded (if that's a word)!
Another view into the living room
Yet another view into the living room - Dustin in the
background taping up more plastic for dust control
Once we completed all these tasks we were able to clear out all the plastic (and all the dust).
A a view from a dust free (and plastic free) living room - looking towards
the dining room (and Snickers)
Another view dust and plastic free into the living room
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