Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The drywall project


I have several rooms that need drywall work done. It didn't seem to bother the previous owners that there was no drywall in the mudroom. They used it for storage mostly and the previous door was worn out and ugly, that has been changed and a nice new door is there now. I got a recomendation for a local drywall person from a neighbor. When he showed up I was taken aback at how young he looked, then when I saw his crew I felt like I was hiring the local shop class at the High School. I guess I am getting old, lots of people look young to me these days, except me.

The mudroom project is sort of a test for this drywall crew. If they do good I will use them for the rest of the house. They do local jobs on their own time and work other drywall jobs for a contractor during the day. Drywalling is a messy project there is a lot of dust and debris. The dust gets everywhere and is hard to clean up. The results are nice though, brings a feeling that the house is complete.

Friday, November 10, 2006

The new roof





I have suffered leaks in the roof of this house since the first day. The prior owners told me that they had fixed them. Well their idea of fixing a roof and mine differ. I don't think a bucket under a leak is fixing it. I tried fixing that leak and later found some serious leaks in the wash room that as time went by just got bigger and more troublesome.

Finally I gave up trying to repair the leaks myself and called a man I know that fixes such things and had him come over and replace the whole roof. I figure that with the new roof I would avoid more problems coming up if I just patched the roof.

So here are the photos of the roof going on and after the job was completed what do you think?