With the insulation installed on the walls, our drywall contractor has sent out a full crew to install the drywall. We asked them to start on the 2nd floor ceiling so that our insulation contractor can complete the last of the insulation, which is the blown in fiberglass roof insulation.

Other than the coordination with the insulation contractor, installing the drywall is pretty straight forward. The bathrooms, kitchen walls and the lower half of the basement walls get a moisture resistant drywall. Walls that will have tile installed get Durock, a cement board product that is strong enough to hold the weight of the tile. Everything else gets standard drywall. With the drywall crew working in every place in the building, we didn’t schedule anyone else to come work on site during the week. Nevertheless, for the first time in three quarters of a year, we finally start to get a sense of how the various rooms in the building will look and feel.

2nd floor bedroom, drywall panel going in

Bsmt insulation is complete

1st floor kitchen area

bathroom moisture resistant drywall and Durock installed

bsmt drywall ready to start going in

Bottom half of the bsmt walls get the moisture resistant drywall

Bsmt master bath taking shape

Stairwell to the 2nd floor