Sarah Does Construction - May 25, 2016

We have about 10 projects going on right now: building the shop, installing new windows, installing a hot tub, putting in a patio west of the shop, building a gas fire pit, repairing all of the sprinklers that keep on getting damaged in the process, removing two flowerbeds, digging out 6 inch borders to all our boulder-edged flowerbeds, putting cement rings around all our trees and finishing three rooms in the basement! We made a pre-drywall inspection appointment right after we had our four-way inspection, so that we could do the insulation in the few days it usually takes to get the appointment. As luck would have it, Clint's work called and asked if he would ferry a helicopter from Ogden to Winslow, Arizona. It meant two extra days of pay and eight hours of flight time, which was too good to pass up. So I ended up doing the insulation solo. It took me two-and-a-half days to do the first room, and I only had two hours to do the second, larger, room before the inspector was to show up. Luckily, the staple gun ran out of staples, so I skipped that step, and went factory style for the rest. I did all the measuring, then all of the cutting, then stuffed all the bales into the spaces in the final 10 minutes. When the inspector showed up there were still two empty spaces, but he said it looked fine and that it was better to not use staples as the exposed 2x4s are better in case the drywallers use glue. I was mighty proud of myself!