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I still have two walls to insulate (those needing R19), I decided
to go ahead and start hanging the drywall. Since I've never done
this before, I thought I'd enlist the help of someone who has
some experience- my brother-in-law, Gino.
Gino has finished two basements on his own, and graciously offered
to show up at 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday to help me get started.
After a morning coffee and some muffins, we were ready to go!
Getting started hanging drywall
We decided to start in the back, right corner of the basement
and work our way around clockwise. (just like I did with the framing-
see "Starting construction-
Hammer Time".) This meant that we had a series of short walls,
two doors, ductwork, and pipes to work around right off the bat.
Since I had to have the drywall cut to get it in the basement
(See Drywall, insulation
and hardware delivery), my installation is a little more complicated
than most because I'm using a short sheet (2 feet) on the bottom,
and a larger sheet (about 5 ½ feet) on the top.
We decided to hang the drywall for each wall on the bottom first,
then go back and do the top. Since I decided to use glue in addition
to screws, we'd measure, cut, and test fit each piece, then add
the glue. Finally we'd secure each piece with screws.
The added glue step made the work a little messy, and also slowed
us down quite a bit. Despite that, we made good progress during
our seven hours of work on Saturday- working all the way around
to the closet under the basement steps.
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