On we go

So we spent a goodly amount of time in the house this weekend - the bulk of it was spent with Pam, as she was seeing it for the first time. A lot is done, and this week will be a big week.

All of the drywall is up throughout the house. I only saw a few spots where I thought they had to do some things - in the passage from the house to the basement in particular, and in the garage. These are certainly far less critical, and I think the garage gets drywall but no mudding or taping, so there was time to burn there.

While we were at the house on Sunday, a couple of guys from the drywall contractor came over - they were dropping off supplies. They said they would have worked that day, but decided not to because one of them got back late from a job in New Hampshire. I guess if you're good, you're in some demand, even across state lines. He said that they would be working on the upstairs and that another crew would be working on the downstairs. If all went well, he said, they would both be done on Friday. That's mudding, taping, and two coats of joint compound over it all. I know that the work it a bitch, having done a bit of it before. I also know that experts make it look easy, but it is not.

The house is warm inside. While we were there, the furnace came on several times. The house is not airtight - the doorway to the basement is still wide open, for example, so it won't win any Energy Star awards yet. But once the tape starts going up and the guys outside finish putting rubber tape around the windows, it will slowly seal up better and better.

So on we go with the saga - this is a major milestone, and we were excited to hear it was going to start first thing Monday morning. I just hope both crews are there now!