We called a local drywall company, Daniel J. Luke Drywall and Construction, that came highly recommended by someone. We were told that these guys are the ones you want for a custom home. They came in with a very reasonable bid so we decided to give them a try. We'll let you know what we think.
Friday - July 8, 2011
Received delivery of drywall supplies. I've never seen so much drywall in my life.
Saturday - July 9, 2011
First day of drywall. They started in the upstairs bedrooms. Completed the kids rooms and almost finished the ceiling in the master bed/bath.
Monday - July 11, 2011
Drywall is hung in the master bed/bath and the ceiling of the kitchen.
Tuesday - July 12, 2011
Beginnging drywall downstairs. Home gym, utility/laundry room, and bathrooms are complete.
Wednesday - July 13, 2011
Completed hanging drywall in every room with the exception of the great room / loft.
Thursday - July 14, 2011
Started putting on the corner pieces, tape, and applied some joint compound on any damaged areas of the drywall. Did a lot of clean up and taped down some paper to help protect the floors from joint compound.
Friday - July 15, 2011
Finished putting up the corner pieces and tape, started applying joint compound in the master bedroom/bath. Started hanging drywall on the great room / loft ceiling. The drywall process will begin to slow down since they have to lift each piece of drywall up 20 feet of scaffolding. They are definitely earning their money today.
Saturday - July 16, 2011
Completed hanging drywall on the great room/ loft ceiling and started on the walls. Continued to apply joint compound in the upstairs bedrooms.
Continued to apply joint compound. They started with a crew of two and are now a crew of four. They are going as fast as the joint compound will allow them. As soon as it's dry on the wall they are back to put on another layer.
Any fear of rooms being too small has disappeared. The drywall made all the rooms feel bigger. We certainly won't have any space issues. It's much bigger than it looked on paper.
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| Drywall complete in the kitchen |
Monday - July 18, 2011
Finished hanging drywall in the great room / loft, completing all the drywall. They continued applying joint compound throughout the house.
Tuesday - July 19, 2011
Continued applying joint compound throughout the house. The next few days will be the exact same thing.
Wednesday - July 20, 2011
Continued applying joint compound throughout the house. The weather is not cooperating, so it's taking a little longer to dry.
Thursday - July 21, 2011
Continued applying joint compound throughout the house. The weather is still slowing the drying process.
Friday - July 22, 2011
Continued applying joint compound throughout the house. The weather is getting better so hopefully that will help them out.
Saturday - July 23, 2011
Working a partial day and they'll let everything dry until Monday. They'll do a couple more layers of joint compound and then spray the texture.
Jeff has been impressed with their work, which is pretty hard to do. Jeff grew up doing drywall, so he is very particular about the quality. It's a relief to know that we made a good choice.
Obviously, I will always recommend Hetterle Construction first when referring someone for a project, but it's good to know that I can always feel comfortable referring Daniel J. Luke Drywall and Construction as well.
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| Great Room drywall complete |
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| Drywall complete |
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| Drywall complete in Master Bath |
Monday - July 25, 2011
More joint compound. The more coats they get on there the better things are looking.
Tuesday - July 26, 2011
Continued applying joint compound.
Wednesday - July 27, 2011
Focus shifts from applying joint compound to sanding it all down to create a nice smooth finish.
Thursday - July 28, 2011
Continued sanding. Applied the last coat of joint compound. Started taping up windows, doors, fixtures in preparation for primer and texture.
Friday - July 29, 2011
Applied primer to the entire house.
Monday - August 1, 2011
Textured entire house. I walked through the house to see how things turned out and am amazed at how good things look. These guys did a great job, we are very happy with their work.
