Insulation and Sheetrock

Passed rough inspection! On to insulation and sheetrock.
Insulation is R-19 on the walls and R-30 in the ceiling. I, of course, wanted to do the green thing, which in the case of insulation would have been to use a soy based spray foam insulation, or cellulose (newspaper). However there were few contractors that did wet-spray cellulose. More common is dry sprayed cellulose in attics. And the bids for spray foam were five times the cost of fiberglass. I took some consolation that the fiberglass insulation was formaldehyde-free.


I solicited a couple of bids for sheetrock but my friend Rick Wilson, with whom I consult frequently, told me that I wouldn't get a lower bid than from Joe Faria, and he was right. The first bid was $6,300 and Faria's bid was $3,600!


After cleaning up the mess.


I was surprised by how small the rooms suddenly became once the sheet rock was up.

Oh so close to calling for a rough electric and plumbing inspection

How not to run a fan vent. So here's how this came about; I cut the hole in the roof right above where I was going to place the fan - wrong! First, install the fan, then determine where the vent pipe will go.


Like this.


In progress, but this will run directly to the tankless water heater.


Mike Wright graciously offered to put in the shower dam and blocking. While there he said that he could also apply the mortar that sits below the shower liner. However, we buried the plumbing flange. The tile guy is coming out tomorrow to remedy. Moral - let each sub do what they do best.