Tuesday morning the drywallers showed up to do a walk through and make sure everything was ready to go. I told him they could get started and pointed out a couple of things, including the security system wiring and the sections of tile backer and insulation we hadn’t finished yet. They said they would start the next morning at about 8:30 and work floor by floor and the whole thing would take about two weeks. Since the first floor was completely ready, starting there made sense.

That evening, Sarah and I worked to finish up the insulation on the stairs and cleared out the remaining stuff on the first floor (except for some materials the porch guy had put inside the front door and the giant boxes with the AC condensers). Having dealt with contractors frequently for the last few years, I wasn’t surprised that they started at 7:00 am the next day and only slightly surprised that they started with the attic instead of the first floor. They managed to get the whole attic hung and a decent chunk of the second floor.

Attic bedroom with drywall hung

While they did manage to keep most of the security wiring sticking out where it was supposed to, they totally covered up a small section of wall on the second floor where we hadn’t finished getting the insulation put in and put drywall in a section of the master bathroom where I hadn’t finished the tile backer. That evening we scrambled to finish up the last of the insulation, spray foamed the walls where the electrician had left a hole in the wall, and I put the tile backer up in the kids bathroom.

Yesterday, they got the rest of the second floor hung and today they started on the first floor, with the ceilings done and pretty much the whole first course of the wall. At the current rate, it will all be hung in one more day, though I’m not sure if that will be tomorrow or Monday. I also don’t know when the porch guys are coming back; they haven’t been here all week.

Drywall hanging walk through

This is exciting, to be sure. We’re thrilled to start seeing rooms really start to feel like rooms, and moving toward the finishing phase of the house. There are still a ton of steps to go, I’m already planning painting and we’re talking about floors and tile, but the fact that we can talk about those things and it doesn’t feel so far away is strange to contemplate. A couple weeks back we ticked past ten years since we bought this house, and it would be really nice to live in the whole thing.