The new "Crashfab"

crash2 · Jun 16, 2014

And now the fun starts....

mark · Jun 16, 2014

crash said:
And now the fun starts....

You have a teen-ager or two... USE THEM!

or rent one of those drywall lifts, save your back.

One thing I discovered, and its not new news but I don't do a **** ton of resi work in person so I've been a little slow, but I just re-wired my in-laws basement and finally just sprung for a set of these:

the wire strippers with the 14/2 and 12/2 romex strippers built in, should have bought a set YEARS ago even for just home ****. Then strip the jacket off the BEFORE you stuff them in the box (leave about 6-8" sticking out), makes it a million times faster and easier then stripping after the fact, and leaves a nicer finished product.

crash2 · Jun 17, 2014

I tried a pair of those once and didn't like them.

crash2 · Jun 17, 2014

So I seems I am learning with every screw--there certainly are tricks and procedures to doing this stuff. I also found a way to hang the sheetrock solo and was able to hang it all without damaging anything or even myself.

crash2 · Jun 17, 2014

So I was able to get the ceiling all done. After the first row I started to get the hang of it. The one thing that threw me for a loop was I was used to making everything fit nice and tight and the overlapping edges at the corners certainly didn't need to be snug. Once I figured that out it made it much easier. I can certainly see my little flaws in the framing once the sheet rock is up.

crash2 · Jun 17, 2014

So I decided to do the west wall first since I was able to get to the back side. It took a little bit but after the first board I started getting the hang of it.

crapyota · Jun 17, 2014

:awesomework:
Looking good mike!
Its also your second home so why not make it nice,and yes little corners and edges easily covered with mud and tape...

mark · Jun 17, 2014

Holly **** that's a lot of screws. You could easily get away with 1/2 or even 1/3 of that many screws. Let work filling and mudding.

crash2 · Jun 17, 2014

Thats every 8"--too much?

"S"-box · Jun 17, 2014

I'm no sheetrocker but thats how i'd do it! I hate a wavy wall tho. seems about how I've seen some of my messican homies do it too. looks good to me. :awesomework:

carry on:corn:

crash2 · Jun 23, 2014

So I got all 4 walls done. I guess I did screw up though and the seams are supposed to be horizontal and not vertical. Ya I am a noob still learning

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But I am just going to roll with it.

crash2 · Jun 23, 2014

I didn't have to buy any hand tools. When I organized the shop I found all my father in laws tools (at least I thought they were and damn if I wasn't right :redneck

. All I had to get was mud and sanding stuff. The only thing I hate is the fact I wish I had watched my dad when he did this stuff. He did all of his own stuff and I was a dumb kid that didn't pay attention--it really sunk in he was gone doing this stuff..

crash2 · Jun 23, 2014

So I hit it today and was able to get it all taped and all the screw's covered. For not doing this before the hard part was doing the corners.

zukkev · Jun 23, 2014

You will have enough stuff hangin' on the wwalls that if you have a wave, it'll not be noticeable...
Looks good IMHO!

I got to work with my wood tools tonight as well! I forgot what a waffle head looks like in wood! :redneck: Lord knows I made enough of 'em!

Buddy came over and we knocked out the frame work for my 12'x24' loft addition, which will also get a 4'x12' catwalk to the original 10'x12' loft we built 7 yrs ago...Gonna be nice have all that extra storage. :awesomework:

crash2 · Jun 23, 2014

I certainly put a few waffle head marks in the wood when I did the barn,lol.

crash2 · Jul 2, 2014

So I got the sheet rock all done up and I learned a ton doing so..

crash2 · Jul 2, 2014

I now have water and internet out to the shop. The hardest part was having to go under the damn porch..

crash2 · Jul 2, 2014

So I got the room all primed and I was actually impressed with how it looked. I can certainly see little imperfections here and there but considering it was my first time and a pretty large area--I was happy.. Granted I didn't realize it was almost 1am when I walked out last night and being stuck in a room with no air flow(due to keeping bugs out) and 2 halogen lamps--I was soaked. :haha:

pokey · Jul 2, 2014

crash said:
So I got the room all primed and I was actually impressed with how it looked. I can certainly see little imperfections here and there but considering it was my first time and a pretty large area--I was happy.. Granted I didn't realize it was almost 1am when I walked out last night and being stuck in a room with no air flow(due to keeping bugs out) and 2 halogen lamps--I was soaked. :haha:

Welcome to my world :haha: I go thru at least 2 shirts every day.

crash2 · Jul 2, 2014

pokey said:
Welcome to my world :haha: I go thru at least 2 shirts every day.

I can bet.. But it did turn out decent and most the flaws will be covered by stuff on the wall.. I still gotta figure out what wood I wanna use for around the window and door.