New House Build in WV

[TnWV]

Tried to post pictures of today’s progress but now it’s telling me my pictures are too large and the forum limit is 8mb. Not sure how to make them smaller using my iPhone, or if that’s even possible. Sure hope I don’t have to download them all to a computer to resize.

 

[TnWV]

Whole house has now been taped and first coat of mud. Really changed the look and feel, we are really liking it. They hope to be finished middle of next week, just depends on how fast the mud dries, I’ll be setting some fans up to help it along.

Siding is also looking good. Only issue is that, after having most of the front done to the top of the windows, o found I had somehow ran up hill about 3/4 inch on one side. Not sure how it happened, but took a big section back down and fixed it. Got most back up but will start tomorrow by finishing that.

With good weather hanging around, I’ll probably move to finishing getting the garage ready for concrete and hope to get it poured in the next week or two.

Hopefully I’ll get picture posting figured out over the weekend and post some progress pics.

 

[civilian]

So are the drywallers using premixed mud or are they mixing the powdered stuff? I was under the impression that pros use the stuff needing to be mixed because it would set faster and hence be able to put another layer on in one day. Just wondering. Jon

 

[EddieWalker]

I've never seen them used powder mix. On every job that I've been on where there is a crew, they have one guy mixing it to make it smooth in a barrel, and the guys spreading it will scoop it out of the barrel when needed. They always use a lot of boxes of premix.

Painters use the premix all the time. The fast drying stuff.

 

[TnWV]

So are the drywallers using premixed mud or are they mixing the powdered stuff? I was under the impression that pros use the stuff needing to be mixed because it would set faster and hence be able to put another layer on in one day. Just wondering. Jon

They are using the premixed buckets, except one bag of dura bond 45 for around the bathtub surround. I haven’t seen the powder mix stuff on a house site in a long time. Of course I have only been around 4-5 new construction house’s in the last 5 or more years, so that doesn’t mean it’s not used around here, I just haven’t seen it.

 

[s219]

Painters like to carry the powder mix because they can keep it around forever and make up small batches whenever needed for repairs. But for large scale jobs I've only ever seen buckets of pre-mix. Heck, around here many new houses still don't have running water when the drywall goes up, so you'd have to transport in water just to mix up compound, and that sort of kills one of the benefits.

 

[EddieWalker]

I've never seen a crew using buckets. It's always boxes. When comparing the price, buckets are a lot more money, and there is no advantage to having a bucket of joint compound over a box.

Besides costing less, it's a lot easier to open a box of mud, pull it out and dump it from the plastic then it is to scoop it out of a bucket. Since I do smaller jobs, I mix the mud in the box. The plastic holds up just fine as long as I keep the ends of it folded over the box. When I'm done, I wrap the plastic together to keep the air out and it will last weeks like this.

 

[TnWV]

Drywall is one trade over really never been involved in, so I don’t know the advantages/disadvantages of types of mud. I’ve never seen anything on new construction, or other large drywall jobs except buckets. The box stores around here only seem to have the powder mix in small containers/bags, so I always assumed most people only used it when they only need small amounts instead of opening a bucket and letting a large amount go to waste.

I ended up putting a few outlets in around the house to give the drywall guys multiple places to plug fans in. Also got the front outside outlets in so I have power outside if needed.

Got all but the last row of siding up on the front. Have to bend metal around the porch beam before finishing. I’ll start on the side or back this week, and maybe get the metal bent next weekend.

I’ll eventually get some pictures loaded when I get time to put them on the computer, since the forum says the originals are too large.

 

[TnWV]

Downloaded a photo compression app, let’s see if it works.

Picture shows progress on the front of the house. Ignore my mess, had not cleaned everything up for the day.

 

[civilian]

Downloaded a photo compression app, let’s see if it works.

Picture shows progress on the front of the house. Ignore my mess, had not cleaned everything up for the day.

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Front siding looks great. Question, how wide is your porch? Any posts needed to support roof overhang? Jon