drywall, part I
today's work ended up being a bit more drywall prep than drywall, but we still got a lot done. tommy and i worked on drywall while disco and jim worked on installing the support straps for the insulation.
both ended up being a bit of a pain in the ass. it would have been a hell of a lot easier for everyone if i had installed the straps back when i was framing, but at the time i had not even the faintest clue that deferring this might be an issue. in spite of this, jim and disco got a huge portion of the walls all strapped up.
as for drywall, we had some complications of our own to deal with. we started with the concrete block wall at the front of the house, which called for attaching the drywall directly to the block using a combination of liquid nails and tapcon screws. space in the iso rooms was tight, there's still a huge pile of drywall blocking the entrance to the vox booth, the protruding lip from the french drain presented some complications, and for some reason the tapcon screws were being a real bitch today and we had to keep re-drilling holes and tossing stripped screws. but we did finally finish the first layer of drywall all along that wall, and fortunately this was the most difficult space to drywall and thus everything else from here on out should be a good bit easier. here are some pics of the drywall and straps:
