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Day 9

Today we started out by sheetrocking and got one more piece in. Then while Adam was cutting the next piece Kevin and I began scraping the mud off the first row. We finished that as the electrition showed up to cut out the first two lights in the first row. While he was doing that we began to apply the second coat of mud to the first row. After that, we broke for lunch. I was unable to make it back due to a race but Kevin and Adam got the rest of the sheets up this afternoon. Tomorrow we will begin mudding.
Hours: 3:10
Total: 38:30
The mud all smoothed out!

First two lights cut out!

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  1. AnonymousMay 11, 2017 at 5:39 AM

    I stooped by yesterday and it looks great. Your work has inspired us to change teh lighting upstairs to match what is going in on the first floor. Handling 12 X 4 sheets of sheet rock is not easy however it does eliminate that one seam. Nice work and glad you are learning as you go !

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