So little woodworking lately... So much drywall working. Yuck!

[dbhost]

If I haven't mentioned it, I HATE working drywall...

But the painting is coming along VERY nicely, texturing going well, will soon be finishing up the trim work and paint in the laundry room, and the paint in the front hallway / living / dining rooms... Flooring has been decided on, a rustic hickory from Lumber Liquidators, going a room at a time, starting in the living room, working to the bedrooms...

I would love to spend some time on just for fun projects, but sadly, I have no time... The debate over the shop in garage or shop in shed goes on... And it is reaching a terminal point. LOML is going to eventually want to park a car in there, but I don't want to lose that much space permanently, and certainly don't want to pull power into a space I can't use... Looking into more shop compression techniques... Stay tuned!

[BobSch]

If I haven't mentioned it, I HATE working drywall...

I can commiserate. I don't mind putting up the drywall itself, but I HATE taping—it takes more patience than I've got.

The rest of your project sounds like it's going well and I hope your shop dilemma works out.

[dbhost]

I keep drooping hints that the shop should stay put.

[chopnhack]

Sounds like its time to start playing with sketchup my friend and design a completely modular shop that you can roll up against one or two walls leaving her a narrow parking lane and for God's sake man, pull that cable before it gets hot in that attic! Best of luck.

[bigstick509]

+ one on the drywall loathing, its been about six months since I moved a large china cabinet to the basement. In the process I had to remove a 1' by 2' area of drywall to make the turn at the bottom landing. I've finally got the patch piece in and the first coat of mud done but have zero interest in finishing. The entrance hall and stairwell is the last area to be painted in the condo since we moved in. I guess I wait till LOML suggests (tells) me it needs to get done. Did I mention I HATE drywall.

[leehljp]

THE KEY: Loathe and hate it SO much for so long, that the work is easier, quicker and less stress than the loathing!

[JSUPreston]

Re-rocked a bedroom in our house about a year and a half ago. Hanging the rock wasn't too bad, but other than the occasional patch, I'm hiring someone to mud and tape the next time I redo a room. It SUCKED!!!!

Did I mention I also loathe mudding and taping?

[jwd12]

i hung a lot of drywall working for Habit for Humanity. They brought in pros to do the mudding and tapping because not do so would have cost too many volunteers. We would have all quit.

[JimD]

I don't mind taping nearly as much as sanding. I guess if I was better at mudding I wouldn't have to sand so much but I'm not.

I also use the setting type compound that comes dry for patch jobs - it stays good essentially indefinitely, unlike wet mix - which adds the necessity of mixing up the mud. It goes a lot better when I remember to put the water in first.

I got by with a plastic mud pan with steel edges for years but my stainless pan is sure a lot easier to use. I've always had a full range of knives but stainless ones that don't rust avoid putting rust stains into the mud. Nicer tools make a difference.

Hanging drywall in the basement was a good excuse to build a lift. I had a picture and sketch in an old FHB for inspiration and built a lift that would pick a sheet up off the floor (unlike commercial lifts where you have to lift it a foot or so onto the lift) and go all the way to the ceiling. I later put up 5/8 fire rated in my downstairs garage ceiling without the lift and it was a lot worse. With a lift, hanging is pretty painless. Taping not so bad. Sanding is a PITA.

Jim