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> On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 11:53:08 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>>On 7/16/2017 10:57 AM, wrote:
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>>> Fitting drywall around the mechanicals is very easy, it's typically a
>>> DIY project... it's the spackling that reqires expertise...
>>> contractors first bring in the sheetrock team, and later the spackler.
>>> Most any idiot can sheetrock but spackling is an art. Sheetrock
>>> installation requires two people but spacklers work alone.
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>>Its a garage. DIY of the joints would be good enough. Watch a couple
>>of episodes of This Old House and give it a go.
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> Unless it's to be used as living space I'd not bother sheetrocking,
> but if sheetrocked for living space I'd want a neat spackling job. A
> one car garage should cost maybe $500 for sheetrock and spackling,
> probably a little less. Drive over to where new tract homes are being
> built and ask one of the workers to direct you to the sheetrock guy.
> He'd know the spackler and those guys are always looking for small
> moonlighting jobs for cash pay... they all have a stash of sheetrock
> and spackle they've glommed from the job. Those guys work fast,
> they'd finish that garage in under six hours. That's how I got 12" of
> insulation added to my attic for $300, took a guy and his helper three
> hours... lowered my heating and A/C electric bill by more than $300
> the first year. A finished garage should be insulated too, and have
> an electrition add a few recepticles prior. May even want a stall
> shower and toilet added, a sink too, then can be rented as an
> efficiency apt. The attic area could be a sleeping loft and storage
> area... would bring good rent... before a year would pay for the
> conversion and show good profit. Only difficulty is finding a decent
> tenant... not some unemployed conniving sicko like John! LOL-LOL
I know nothing about putting up sheetrock other than that it's heavy. I am
no good with saws or climbing ladders. I am excellent at doing spackle
though. This is something I researched many years ago when I was asked to
spackle a wall that had been put up where I used to work after a coworker
drove the forklift though it.
I can remember it now. How my boss marveled at the good job I had done. You
could not see the seams at all. And then he laughed and said that it really
didn't matter because pegboard was going up over it anyway. Sheesh.
The reason I was told that this needed to be done in the garage was to do
with fire. Was told if we had one, it could rapidly spread through the house
if this wasn't done. We did actually have a fire that started in that very
area. An electrical one. Thankfully we live very near the fire station and
they were not busy at the time. So only some melted and blackened
insulation. We did have to replace the light fixtures in the laundry room as
they were the culprit.