Chapter 163...Hanging The Drywall And Painting The Inside Of The Store

Finally we are ready to get the inside of the store finished.  Our new drywall man shows up with his uncle and his young son.  It's a family business.  They start out by hanging the first row of 12 foot boards on the ceiling:

Next they work on the bathroom ceiling:

They almost done hanging the boards on the ceiling.  That is the hard part:

The drywall is almost all up:

Tom, our drywall man, used a router with a drywall bit to cut out the drywall around the outlets.  This is so cool.  Tom said if you don't fight the tool and let it do it's job it takes no time at all.  It sure beats measuring and using a razor blade to cut out the squares for the outlets:

Cool...I love gadgets and tools that make the job easier:

They are finished hanging the drywall.  The next day Tom will be back to start spackling:

Mike and I load up the trailer with all of the drywall debris to take it to the dump. Tom needs everything cleared out so he can spackle:

The inside is ready for Tom:

While Tom is inside Mike and I work on the metal trim:

Mike is nailing the last piece of trim:

Mike working on the back:

We go inside to check on Tom.  He is a spackling fool:):

After Tom finishes the job, Mike and I give it a couple of days to dry.  It's time to paint:

We start with the ceiling.  I use my angled brush to cut in the corners and edges and Mile rolls the ceiling:

And on to the walls:

I'm cutting in before Mike rolls:

Almost done:

We needed to paint two coats to cover the raw drywall but we are done.  Next it's time for the floor.

Here I am scraping any of the big chunks of dried sheertrock mud off the floor:

I did the edges and Mike rolls:

Almost done:

The painting inside is done:

I'm glad that is over.  Now we can get to the fun stuff adding the shelves and loading them up:)

I hope you all enjoyed this story and I will write again soon.