Sheetrock, Mud, and Tape

This week, the four way inspection was passed off by the city on Monday.  The builders started sheetrock on Wednesday.  This really made a difference in the way the house looked.  They started around lunch time on Wednesday and sheetrocked the basement that same day.  They worked their way up throughout the house over the next few days, finishing up at the end of the day on Friday.  Friday afternoon, the tapers showed up and taped all the seams Friday night.  In fact, we had gone to Temple Square that night and on our way home, stopped by the house.  The tapers were working by worklights at 8:00 pm.  That is one thing I have been impressed with so far with this builder, there haven't been too many wasted days and people work long into the night and on most Saturdays to get the house done.  In fact, today (Saturday), the tapers were mudding with a new coat of mud on all the seams and the screw holes.  They put the bullnose edging everywhere today as well.  Here are the pictures.

Here are Josh and Daniel checking out the mayhem of the sheetrock crew.

Here a worker is cutting out the windows in our Master Bedroom.

Here Rebecca is checking out Josh and Daniel's room.  (They will probably still share a room because Becca wants a craft room.)

Daniel checking out the basement bedrooms.

The kitchen and garage entry with the edging and first coat of mud on.

One of the workers mudding the house on stilts, something I will never be coordinated enough to use.

The Master Bedroom.

One half of the bonus room.

Here is the current view of the exterior of the house.  There is plastic and wood on the garage door openings to help keep the heat in the garage to dry the new tape job in there.  The furnace is on as well in the house to help dry the mud.