More Drywall

It was a beautiful drive over the mountains into Gatlinburg on Friday.  The views through the Smoky Mountains were very spectacular.  The girls made it over Friday night from UT, so we talked and watched movies.  Brent did perform a little demo work on Friday as he removed the sheet rock from the ceiling in the old closet over the stairway.

On Saturday, the scaffolding was removed and lowered about one (1) foot to allow the next row of sheet rock to be installed.  Afterwards, we all took a lunch break and went into Gatlinburg to Partin's Delicatessen for sandwiches.  They make one of the best reuben sandwiches and have a fantastic home made potato salad.

After a little more prep work, the drywall was installed over the stairway.  Also, more of the paneling was removed on the face wall.  No mudding was performed this week as Brent was not feeling the greatest and need to take a mid-day nap to get his strength back.  We do expect to gather more supplies during the week and head back next weekend to start mudding over the stairway and finish installing the sheet rock on the face wall.

On the drive back over Newfound Gap on Sunday, the Tennessee side of the National Park truly lived up to the name Smoky.  After we reached Newfound Gap and crossed into North Carolina, it was clear and with lots of sunshine.  We again had a wonderful time over the weekend with the girls and a safe trip back.

The sheet rock was removed for the former ceiling of the closet  which was over the stairs.

The paneling which is still located on the face wall.

The scaffolding was lowered to allow the next course of sheet rock to be installed in the stairwell.

The scaffolding will remain so we can tape and mud the joints.

The paneling is removed from the face wall with only a few minor injuries.

The ladders are moved into position to install a full sheet of  drywall on the face wall.

After lifting into place, Brent is screwing in the sheet rock.

I guess the missing pieces will have to be installed next weekend.

It is getting closer.

A few of the two (2) pieces of sheet rock installed over the stair well .

The lower ceiling was the inside of a hall closet.

The famous scaffolding.

A view of the Chimney Tops on our drive back on Sunday.

The view is beautiful from down here but I bet the hikers up top  have an obstructed view.