Thursday, July 17th . . . .Here's the latest in my "Shed Adventures".....
This whole week the electricians have been here --- Monday through Thursday. Today they finished up, and we have to have the electrical inspector come here sometime tomorrow (we don't know when), to give the final okay to all their work.
The past couple of days I've been going back and forth in my mind as to whether or not to attempt the drywall myself. I kind of want to do it, just to get the experience. But, on the other hand, I also just want to get this thing done , so I can finally move all my tools in there and rearrange the older shed as an assembly/storeroom, and perhaps actually get to work in there before I have to start thinking about getting ready for school again....The only thing that makes it difficult for me is the weight of the 4' by 8' sheets (53 pounds each!), how to get it all back to my shed (if you have it delivered, they only go to the curb -- and there's no way I could get it myself with my car), and how to lift the sheets to do the ceiling. I found out you could rent a drywall lift for only $18/day, and I could have it delivered (to the curb) for $85 (for about 15 sheets). As of last night, I had decided to do that, and buy a $29 cart that can wheel drywall sheets. But I still had questions about my ability to do the taping and mudding and lifting of the drywall sheets, even up to the drywall lift table.. And since I'm have spent all this money anyway, I want a quality drywall job as well...
But I also put a thing on Improvenet.com to see how much it might cost to have it done --- and today a painter guy named Paul came to give me an estimate --- he sounded really friendly and honest on the phone, and, sure enough, when he came and looked at it, he said he could hang the drywall, tape and mud it, sand it, and texture it for only $300. (Another guy who called through Improvenet had quoted me $500 just to hang it --- not including the taping and mudding --- and that sounded pretty high to me). I decided to go with Paul --- because he can do it all in one day, and will be able to do the hard parts well (like all the cutouts for the 10 electrical outlets/switches I have in there, and the taping/mudding, the corners, etc. --- all things which are not the easiest things to do well at first). The drywall itself will cost around $100, so his $200 for labor is a pretty good deal, I think!
He's going to come next Thursday, which is fine, because after all this electrical stuff is done and inspected, I can go ahead and buy and do the insulation, which shouldn't be too hard.....
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