1st Week of October
Given all the frenzy of activity over last weekend, it has seemed quiet at the house this past week (except for the Spanish music that seems to be a constant companion to the workers). The mason works with a crew of 2 or 3 guys, who sort and cut stone, and prepare the mortar. Inside the house there has been one guy, taping and spackling all the drywall board seams and screws. Just one guy. He has a very nice disposition and seems to really enjoy his job, which has to be boring after about 5 minutes.
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| Garage interior |
While a crew of about 8 guys laid up all the drywall in 2 days (still can't believe how fast it went), the spacking of all the board joints takes time. I'm surprised there is only one guy doing it, because it is a big job. But as with most of the workers, he is doing a very good job. And having one person do the work actually maintains a level of "quality control".
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| Looking from Living Room through the Entry into the Dining Room |
Every day he works from one end of the house to the other, bottom and top, applying more spackle and smoothing the surface; a new, thin coat every day. We spoke to him yesterday (Saturday) and he said he would finish that day.
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| Family Room, looking up |
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| Family Room, looking at Stairs |
In some places there almost seems to be more "white" spackling than drywall board surface! The spackler (I wish I knew his name) said that they will let the spackle dry for 48 hours. Then they sand! Probably the messiest job of the entire project! Drywall dust is the kind of thing that seems to linger everywhere for weeks, no matter how much you clean and wipe down surfaces afterwards.
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| Family Room, from Balcony |
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| Alex's Study, looking out to the front yard |
Once the spackle is sanded they will prime all the walls. Next will be doors and wood trim!
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