Made it down stairs over the weekend and put in a few hours mudding my new office. Have almost of the walls covered with first coat and I have started on the beam on the ceiling. That thing sure does take a lot of mud. Learning as I go. At first I was worried I was not going to pick it up fast. Found that it just take a bunch of mud for seams and corners. Put it on thick and then smooth it off and take the extra away. Seems to be going pretty good now. WIll try to finish up the rest of the room with the first coat and then put second coat on the rest of the room. I might have it ready for paint by the end of the week. Still have to put the ceiling board up though. Have not tackled that as of yet.

It is not friday and I have not really worked on the basement at all this week. I did go down and put one coat of mud on some of the screws in the office area. I plan to work on the ceiling area of that room tonight with shawn. I still have to run the two coax cables outside to the dish in that corner of the house and I also need to build the two areas out and cover up the drain pipes in that area. Other than that, We can drywall the rest of the ceiling. Hopefully I can just head outside when i get home and get that whole drilled and finish those two cables. The other sofet area I think I can drywall most of the area with shawn tonight and just leave a few holes for the sofet area. Who knows, we probably can measure together and get that sofet put up in less than 30 mins also. Might just do that and get it our of the way. Hope I can get that room all drywalled by the end of the weekend and at least one coat of mud up. I can then think about priming that room and move all of the computer stuff down to that area then. Just put up some plastic in the doorway so we do not get that room all dusty. Can be the computer room and workout room while we make dust and what not in the rest of the basement.

Well over the weekend a friend came over and we worked for another couple of hours. We finished some insulation and put in the last heating duct and then finished the last 2 walls that needed drywall. We also started to drywall the Metal Ibeam in the room. I finished up the last 4 pieces after he left. Then I cleaned up the room and stood back to just look at it. I am very happy with how it is turning out so far. Only one spot I am a bit concerned about but there is nothing I can do about it. There is one stud that is sticking out a bit and when you look down the wall with your head against it you can see the wall bows out a bit. You really can’t notice unless you put your head against the wall though. I need to finish up insulating around the heating duct and then drill the hole in the outside wall to run the coax cables to the satellite and then I will be ready to drywall the ceiling. I need to make a soft to go around the one waste pipe on the ceiling and then make a small box around the waste pipe in the floor also. Will probably look a little bit weird but there really is nothing else I can do to hide them. Will be happy when all of that is done. I think I underestimated the amount of drywall I will be needing to finish the basement but only time will tell. I think I will have enough to get most of the large room finished though. After I finish up a few things in the office I think I will start getting the Ibeam ready and drywall that beam first and then run the wire for all the speakers. Then I just have to think about the gas line I want to run for the gas stove I want to put in down there and then I think I am ready to drywall the large room.

Well I have worked on the drywall in the office for two evenings. About 2 hours each time. I have 2 walls finished and a 3rd one about half done. I just trimmed out the Metal ibeam last night. I hope to put a few more hours in tomorrow on that room. Hopefully I can get the last 2 walls finished and the ibeam covered and start on the ceiling. I need to build a sofet real quick on one part and then the ceiling should go up pretty quick. If Shawn can help me for 2 to 4 hours tomorrow I think that will work our great.

Sat. night I had some help with the drywall. First time I have put up drywall in a very long time. Went slow for sure. Only got one wall put up. Think I am getting the hang of it again though. We had the wrong screws so I am going to have to clean up some of the holes before I mud that wall. The screws were for sheet rock. They tear up the surface of the drywall as they sink into the sheet. Not a bid deal, I just have to make sure that nothing is sticking out of that area before I start to mud. Went and bought the right screws the next morning and also a drywall screw gun. It works much better than the dewalt attachment I had bought for my screw driver. Now I have two screw guns I can use to put up the drywall. That should make it go a little faster. So a few nights this week I hope to have some help so I can finish up the office. So by next weekend the office will hopefully be all drywalled up and ready to mud if I want to.

The cable I am pulling right now is not actually for the office area but for some rooms upstairs. I have to get these two lines pulled before I can put the ceiling drywall up though. I started pulling yesterday. I have to pull a bit more, hope it takes no more than an hour tonight. Then I will finish up the insullation around 2 vent pipes and take the ceiling fan down. I need to take the plates off of all of the jacks in the room also. Then all I have to do is finish up the heater duct and I am ready for the drywall.