fandomhigh | Shop, Period 5 Week 5

Tim bounded into the shop full of pep. "Hey, this week we're going to be dealing with drywall. Sheetrock. Gypsum board. Heh, think they call it that because it's made with real gypsies?" Crickets. Lots of them.

"Today's project involves installing drywall. It's easy to hang. And like everything else, people only complain when it's not well hung," he said with a bit of a chuckle. The crickets were forming a union now, appointing a rep to stop him before he puns again.

"Easiest way to cover a wall is with paneling," he said, turning a display around. It was covered with tacky wood paneling. "But this is ugly, and only worked during the 70s. Drywall is paintable, easy to put up quickly, and fairly cheap in terms of labor and materials, and replaces lath boards which takes a while to dry enough to paint."

"The tools you'll need will be the drywall sheets, mud compound, tape, mudding knife, utilty knife to score for breaks, keyhole saw, and goggles and mask," he said after explaining how to properly do drywall. He had hit his thumb with the hammer demonstrating how to nail it in place, and his modified Binford 6100 Drywall Driver had countersunk the drywall screws so far into the studs that they poked out the other side.

"Also? For extra credit, someone can help me get my kegerator into my office."

[OCD coming. Mun is tired, will update with links depending on how crazy work is]

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Collapse like wet drywall

Naomi Wildman

A.J.

Luke Skywalker

Peter Parker

Abigail Whistler

Pay attention to the part where he describes it as fire resistant. That might be important later.

Naomi took detailed notes during the lecture.

Using nails or screws, hang ten pieces of drywall (horizontally or vertically, even), and mud/tape them. Work alone or in pairs. Work around the windows/doors and the outlets.

Extra credit for hanging sheetrock on the ceiling.

Luke was much more familiar with patching stucco, but he caught on to the rhythm of hanging dry wall quickly.

Tim wandered by and gave him a thumb's up for technique.

Peter got the hang of this pretty quickly. With his strength, it went pretty quickly. And with his powers, he was able to get some on the ceiling with absolutely no problem.

Tim was boggling at this kid. He blinked a few times. Naw, couldn't be.

Abigail had a little experience with this sort of thing helping her dad make house renovations, so she got the hang of getting the drywall up quickly.

Tim walked past, watching her work. Not bad!

But be careful if she nails you one back

Naomi was there if she was needed.

Ask how he managed to break drywall.

Remind me that Monday nights are "go to bed early" nights.

Monday nights are "go to bed early" nights.

Thanks! *ties string to finger*
...*hopes string doesn't get sucked into whirly machinery*

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