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Post date: Aug 15, 2015 5:48:58 AM
Hanging drywall is hard work. Especially when each sheet weighs 150 pounds and we are doing the ceiling. As yesterday, we use a drywall hoist, but today the cables broke, bringing the sheet down on Eli’s shoulder and a ladder. No one hurt much except the machine. So Eli had to rent another machine to finish the ceiling.
Well, not quite finish. We got all the areas of the ceiling that could use a big sheet. The rest we will do without the hoist. It doesn’t fit in the small rooms, anyway, and the bathroom ceiling is 'only' 8' high. (Even 8' is high when you are on a ladder or small scaffold with heavy wallboard on your head.)
My part was pretty minuscule, also same as yesterday. I cranked up and down and pushed the hoist in place. Since the brake was broken on the old rented hoist, I had to hold it while enough screws were inserted to support the drywall in place, then move the hoist out of the way while the holes were cut around perforations (there seem to be many) — raining gypsum dust on me — and the rest of the screws inserted.
Then there are power cords to move out to of the way. The little wheels of the hoist don’t go over the cords well. And getting the hoist through doorways was a challenge at times. The wheelbase of the hoist is quite wide to provide sufficient stability. But not all the doorways were clear — we had to store the wallboard indoors in case it rains, so some doorways are less than 3’ wide, and not everywhere can fit a 12' sheet of drywall leaned against a wall.. That meant partially disassembling the hoist when it was moved. In addition I pick up trash (the 'holes') and try to keep the workplace safe.
By the end of the day everyone was tired.
The power supplies for the LED lighting came today. They are nice and small — each would fit into a single switch box, except that we need ventilation. I noticed that the wiring is not quite right for low-voltage lighting in the bookcases over the doors. Left a message for 'Sparky de Taos' on his phone.The photo shows the seven doors, plumbing fixtures in the middle, and lighting fixtures on the right. (No the snow shovel is not mine.) This is in half of the two-car garage where I'm staying.
I worked on the bathroom tile design late this afternoon. The idea I had about working up the shower wall from dark floor tile to light glass aqua won’t work because the glass tiles are too dark and the colors not close enough to blend. Turns out that the photo I had seen was not created with varying shades of tile, but with light. So we start over. We did settle on door locks that go with the doors and the rest of the house. This time I’ll let Eli order them.
I had wanted light colored walls because Seattle is so gray much of the year. But Taos is bright, so my design is based on a false assumption. I still like the idea of aqua walls in the bathroom.
While we are at the tile dealer, I will ask if they have broken or cut tile pieces that I can use for the mosaic between the range and the range good. I have this idea of a tree with mountains in the background, so I’m looking for shades of green, brown, gray, and blue.
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