Sunday, March 4, 2012

Kitchen wall, reinforced and drywalled

It may not be much to look at now but after staring at bare studs for over a year the transformation is shocking.  Obviously it defines the room/space - hey thats what walls do, but this made everything so much more cozy.  


When we first started working on this house almost two years ago, the open space of the great room and the proposed kitchen looked enourmous.  Now, the more we complete, the more we do, and the walls shrink in and the space seems smaller and smaller.  I thnk in the end when everythng is finished it is going to be warm, inviting and cozy. 


Added note: this wall will be supoporting heavy cabinets for the kitchen.  As the existing studs were 1x4's spaced 16: apart (are all manufactured home interior walls built like this) and flimsy, you could feel them give when leaned against, I beefed them up by adding six 2x4 studs with blocking.  Allt the extra dry wall mud on the wall isn't because i had a seizure with loaded mud knife in hand, it's because of all the extra screws I put in to ensure that sumbitch drywall and attached wall stay erect.

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