Ceiling drywall...

It was a miserable, rainy, windy, cold, typical northwest Washington fall day today. Until this point in our addition project, weather like this would mean not working on the addition at all. But those days are all in the past because now (insert drumroll here) - we are working inside! Today we got most of the ceiling drywalled!

I went to Lowes on Friday night and picked up 10 4x8 sheets of half inch drywall. I backed the van right up to the front walk so that we could get going right away this morning. We hauled the sheets in as we needed them so as not to overly clutter things up.

Here is a "before" shot. Grace and I are just about to heave the first sheet up to the ceiling.

After briefly trying to man-handle a 4x8 sheet of drywall up against the ceiling joists and then attach it, we remembered that the last time we had installed drywall on a ceiling we had two kids helping us. Since there were no children available to press into service, we called Westside Building Supply in Lynden and rented a drywall jack. It looks like a medieval torture device but in actuality, after fire and the wheel, it is the greatest thing ever invented... This sped things up considerably (as well as saving our backs and shoulders.)

The drywall jack was terrific. I will never drywall a ceiling without one again! Here it is in action. We just tacked the sheets up along their edges because we had to get the jack back to Lynden by 4 p.m.
Finally, the fruits of our labors. We left the two foot strip open because we've got to shove insulation up there yet. We figure we can finish off these smaller sections without the jack.
So, after months of seeming inactivity, we are back in "addition mode". Hopefully by the end of next week Saturday, we will have it insulated and the ceiling drywall completed.