I have several options after I build my outdoor retaining wall.
1: Finish dry-walling the outside of my basement rooms, (the wife's favorite choice).
2: Build a kitchen island.
3: Build a router table.
I've only been married a little under 2 years, but I've already learned that a happy wife makes a happy husband. Finishing what she wants done gives me more time to do what I want to do before the next list comes.
Skeemer- only two years eh? You've learned the first part well, now the second part is….you never get time to do what you want, at least according to her. There is always something just after this project she want's done, problem is, you never know what it is until you finish the current project. lol
Keep the wife happy. Man, I know that much and we're not even married yet (although we might as well be, after 2+ years of living together). THEN, build the RT and, as Joey said, tell her you need it to do the island.
One of the main problems I have with building anything is that she's a day sleeper and making things is noisy. I may have to switch my schedule to be up all night, but then other people are sleeping. I hate this schedule she has.
I am with Jim and Neil both. If you put it off you will try to put it off again and again. Get it done then you can do what you want for a while. I have been married almost 44 years and I have learned a couple of things myself. Make the wife happy even if you need to change your schedule. Maybe you can work on the router table a little while waiting for the mud to dry…..? You might think your kids will get to pick your nursing home but the truth is your wife will probably outlive you so…..well you get the picture.
I wish you the best on that NH situation. Unfortunately we don't always get the option to make that decision and will be unable to do anything about it. I was just trying to say you need to make her a happy woman.
I have been married 14 years, if mommas not happy no ones happy! Do the drywall. And then the router table. My wife is good with compromise, I can build whatever I like as soon as I take care of what she wants. My only saving grace is my wild card, my daughter. If she wants something it moves to the top of the list and no arguments from the wife in that scenario.
On the other hand, you could do what I'm about to do (I hate doing dry wall with all my heart and with every last shred of my being). I'm going to hire someone to dry wall my basement. :^)
Saddletramp- I'd be more likely to hire out the mudding and taping. There is a fine line between what the pro's do and what I do, it's more like art when you have to have 5 tools just to mud.
I don't find mudding and taping so bad. Its the hanging drywall by yourself that irritates me. In these older homes you never find studs plumb, square, and 16" OC.
Mudding is easy once you figure it out. You have to really watch carefully what the pro's do on youtube or TV. If you try to make it perfect on the first coat you'll just spend too much time and still mess it up. Just keep reminding yourself that you have sanding and finish coats to make it perfect. Also having that 90 degree inside corner tool is a must.
Sarit. I do have that tool. I've learned that mudding is all about the mud. Add a little water and thin it out and don't be afraid to coat the whole wall if you have to. At least feather it 16 inches.
Yes, getting the right consistency is important, but I find there is a bit of leeway. I use the 90 and 45 minute compound that you have to mix yourself. If I find it too thick or runny its pretty easy to adjust. First coats usually thicker and finish coats a little thinner. If you are mudding 2 factory edges lengthwise, you'll notice that they are slightly beveled. That's there so you won't need as much mud to cover the tape and level the joint across. For those joints I only feather about 6-8" on each side. If you end up having to mud an entire panel then often times its easier to take off the sheet and adjust the underlying framing. There's always a few studs sticking out proud of the bottom/top plates. Other times, when i'm repairing a big hole or mudding to existing, you have to feather out a few feet or it will look like a big hump, but that's usually the exception. Everyone here in CA seems to do texturing on the walls so we can often get away with less feathering than those who have perfectly flat walls.
Russell, when I was younger I did not mind hanging DW too much but it is too hard to do by myself now. I've always hated the mudding and particularly the sanding. I know how to do it but for me it is such an onerous job that now that I am retired and in my "Golden Years" I refuse to be thus encumbered.
Sarit- I framed these walls to make it easy on myself for drywall. Factory edges are great, its the cut end that gives me fits. Seeing I have plenty of drywall, I plan to make each panel as much factory as possible.
In watching the commercial folks do drywall, for the walls, they start from the top and work down. It is far easier to do the cuts at the bottom and the edges are covered with moldings. I have done this both ways and putting the full pieces at the top makes the joints much cleaner but you need more than one person unless you have lifts to hold the panels.
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