as requested:
day 13:
i've already typed about it, but i shot a few pics anyway, and i'll post em
they are sort of boring but oh well
ceiling has two coats fo paint, machine room ceiling, hall way, and staircase are the same. machine room walls, hallway, and staircase are primed and ready for paint.
the ceiling pic below is unpainted. just a pic of the textured ceiling.
Day 13 CeilingDay 13 StairsDay 14:
more like a half day (last night to be exact)
we bought all the paneling, and stocked it in the garage on saturday. sunday i started painting trim in the hallway.
last night we got the entire south wall paneled, and electrical boxes cut out and caulked. we have reached the point where i've started repeating in my head......"i sure hope this works"
Day 14 South Wallyou can see the trim color a tiny bit in the hall way door jam.
here is what we did to get an air tight seal on a large piece of paneling that stretches multiple stud spaces.....
cut the sheet to fit first (measure twice, cut once.....this stuff is expensive)
hold it up and check the fit, make any adjustments needed.
mark the studs on the floor and ceiling.....this just makes things easier, especially when you can't afford to miss, and ruin the integrity of the air tight seal.
next, you pull the sheet away, and caulk the studs. i was pretty generous with the caulk as you can't see how well it seals up the paneling, and i'm not running a thousand nails up and down the paneling to press it on super tight.
put the paneling back up and get it pressed in and smoothed out tight.
"hang it" but running one nail in the upper two corners. this allows one guy to let go, and the other to start nailing
side note:
we tested the trim nailer on a scrap piece of paneling to ensure we had the proper pressure and nails for the job.
the trim nailer was too strong, and the nails were too thin
the braid nailer was the same. we ended up using 5/8 finishing staples as they did the best job holding the paneling with out ripping through it.
as i attached the paneling to the wall, i would be "smoothing it" and pressing it against the caulked stud with one hand and shooting in staples with the other. working my way from upper left to lower right, or vice versa. i figured this just helped get it hung nice and tight.
we drilled a 1/8 pilot hole in the center of each electrical box. while i was working on whatever and my dad wasn't cutting the next piece of paneling, he'd use the roto-zip and cut out the boxes. after that, i'd come along behind him and suck out the saw dust and caulk up the inside edges of the box, where it meets the paneling.
should i be posting pics of "while we're working"?
i just take pics at the end of each major job. didn't think of showing the steps until i just typed all that.