The backordered insulation finally got in, so Lowe's delivered my drywall and insulation. Was quite convenient as I just ordered the goods online and Lowe's called me to schedule the delivery. The goods arrived on a huge flatbed truck with a forklift attached to the back. The forklift was too high to fit through the garage door so he dropped it off just at the front of the garage (that's 20 sheets).
I carried the drywall in 2 sheets at a time upstairs and then carried 1 sheet at a time downstairs. The standard "lite" drywall wasn't bad, but the mold resistant green-board was grip ripping. The little
panel carry handle I got was a life saver though. Would have been impossible to do it myself without it. I highly recommend one.
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| The drywall delivered to downstairs. |
So, first up was installing all the insulation in the walls and the "safe n sound" insulation in the ceiling and interior walls. Really made a difference in sound transmission as now when I walk into the room it's dead silent. There's no reflection in sound at all when clapping my hands in there. Main reason I'm going to the trouble, is that I might as well maximize the insulation, and that I'm going to have speakers built into the room so I don't want sound the transmit to the adjoining rooms.
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| Got a view of my drywall lift in there too. |
Since the ceiling/floor joists are engineered lumber the insulation wouldn't hold in the space, so I had to think of a clever way to hold it in place. Turns out just stapling in some twine to hold it in place worked great.
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