day 12:
damn, day 12? if i had more time to work on this thing, i'd have been done weeks ago. hahahahaha
all right, i've finished all the caulking. and all the fiber board is up. i bought some foam board nails that come with plastic washers installed. i cut half the washer off so i could get themm up close to the stud. i sued these to hold the fiber board in place.
we cut the fiber board to fit very tight in the stud spaces and probably didn't need the nails, but we figured, might as well have some insurance. i'm not going to finish this space off just to have a piece of fiber board work itself loose and render that trap useless.
if any of you are doing a project like this, i can get you specifics on what we used and how we installed it.
note: since i have electrical boxes in some stud spaces, they need to air tight as well. i caulked all the way around them, and i caulked all the entry holes into them. EVERYTHING is sealed off. like i said, i'm not going to all this effort just to skimp on one little thing that will end up creating problems later.
i'm WAY over budget, but there's no turning back now. it has to get done, and it HAS to be right.
Day 12 Front Wall Day 12 Back Wall some spaces were particularily hard to work around and we had to get creative with how we cut the fiber board. if anyone wants some close up details of any of that just let me know.
one thing to note, we used 8 full sheets (4'x10') of 7 pound density 1" thick fiber board to do this space. about 5 sheets in our razor knives started having trouble. they look fine, but have been dulled down. you need a good sharp knife to cut this stuff. it cuts like butter witha fresh blade, cuts like a plastic knife on a steak with a dull blade.