We have lights in the living room, second bedroom, and at the second
floor. We also have outlets again in the master bedroom and bath.
Now it's time to patch some holes.
I decided that while we have the walls open, I might as well put
another outlet in at the second floor landing so we can plug in a
vacuum cleaner or something else without having to find an outlet in
one of the bedrooms or use the one above the bathroom sink.
Sizing the bits of sheetrock to fit the holes took most of the day.
Although I'm getting a little faster with this chore, it is still a
slow process for me.
After getting a few more pieces of sheetrock up, I started filling in
the cracks with a setting type joint compound. I'd never used
anything but the general purpose joint compound that air dries before,
and I was a little worried that the setting compound would harden
before I could use a batch. So I made relatively small amounts at a
time and didn't have much trouble. It definitely works much better
for filling large defects. For now I'm just working to get the holes
filled so it's not important to get a really smooth finish now.
Here's an update on the grass planting project in the back yard. It's
looking OK, though there are a few bare spots and some weeds.
