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Drywall Party, Day 0
By Dave Klecha | September 1, 2007
Last night, my Dad came into town and we started getting the basement ready for the drywalling today. As soon as my son was in bed (and crying about it, because he wanted to play downstairs in the unfinished rooms), we headed down to hang the insulation.
Before I started this project, I kind of just assumed that insulation came in big rolls and you cut it to length as you needed it. Obviously, that would be too easy and result in little waste, so instead they package it in rolls, but it comes pre-cut into seven foot long “batts.” If you’re dealing with more or less than seven feet of wall cavity, you have to cut them to fit, and find something to do with the waste. I got two cavities filled per batt, and about eight inches left over on each. I’m tempted to stuff them up into the ceiling as we put the drywall up as a sort of soundproofing, but I’m worried that it might make the room a little too isolated, thermally.
So, instead, I’ll just see if I can find someone who needs my leftovers. Incidentally, we went through about a roll and a third, give or take, on the two rooms.
And now we’re waiting for the drywall itself to arrive. I have to run and grab a couple more things before we can start, and the real work will probably wait until my brothers show up around noon.
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