Drywall is up! - Flat Ceilings

Tonight I helped my dad hang the rest of the drywall.  He has done this kind of thing for so long and he knows exactly what he needs to do and how he needs to do it.  I feel so slow!  It takes me much longer to figure out how to measure, cut, and drill...and half the time I'm not even sure what I just did!  All of his time estimations on the spreadsheet are off because I'm just a rookie and learning so much.  He is mostly patient with me though.  He didn't sit in the seat and watch at all today!  He really couldn't.  He needed to lift huge, heavy pieces of drywall up over his head and wait for me to get the 2x4's in place so he could begin drilling in the screws. 

He only drilled in enough screws for the ceiling to stay up and it is now my job to finish putting many more screws in place to make sure that the ceiling is totally secure.

 

He showed me how to cut out the holes for the recessed lights - I don't even know what the tool is but it is pretty awesome!

Susan joined us for the last hour and a half of work.  My dad had her building extra beams to nail onto the existing beams.  Spots where we needed a little more space to drill in drywall screws.  Last August, Susan bought me a purple tool bag with purple tools inside of it.  Neither of us imagined it would be covered in sawdust and drywall just five months later! 

All of the drywall is up!  Tomorrow we are leaving for Florida so the room will sit and wait until we get back next weekend.  I hope my dad will find space on his calendar to help me finish...his next house will be ready to demo on Wednesday.