Skylights, more insulation and mud

I was able to squeeze in about 25 hours of solo work on the cottage this weekend. Brad came up for Friday night. We went downtown for a few hours for some gin & tonics. I spent the rest of the time working away and I missed all the Homecoming stuff going on all weekend.

Major accomplishments include:

• Finished insulation wrapping of the cold air return
• Drywalled around two of the skylights
• 33% of the vaulted ceiling insulation
• Drywalled mudded ~20 corners and ceilings
• Roughed in a recessed shelf hole in the master bathroom

I had to wrestle with multiple angles and a tight working area to figure out how to drywall the inner cavity of the skylights. Here is a photo of the finished result. Now I just need to repeat this three more times.

Skylight #1 drywalled boxed and insulated

After I figured out how to cut the angles, I jammed-out one more skylight. This photo below  represents 50% completion on the skylights and 33% on the vaulted ceiling insulation.

Front skylights #1 and #2 drywall boxed and insulated

 

Of all the work needed for the cottage project, the top two worst jobs are #1 using a shovel (dirt, gravel, whatever) and #2 working in the attic space (hot, and no room to get at what you need to work on). So, sometime early Saturday evening, I finished (yes finished) the insulation wrapping of the cold air return. No words or pictures will really represent what a pain-in-the-ass this job turned out to be. I can't wait to finish the vaulted ceiling insulation and never have to look at this again. Anyway, here is a photo...

 

Cold air return insulation wrapped, nice and tight

Drywall mud continues...
I spent several hours hacking-away at the endless mountain of drywall mudding that is needed. I probably finished about 20 corners, two closets and most of Anna's room.

Next weekend will be the last work push until taking a break for a long Labor Day Weekend with the family...