Ceiling and Walls

 I ordered and had 19 sheets of 1/2" OSB delivered to the house on Thursday for the walls and ceiling. Only after the fact, I discovered I was 2 sheets short and had to have them strategically cut at Home Depot so I could fit them in the car to finish up the walls.

I'm planning on attaching pine tongue and groove boards to the ceiling. I actually started to attach them too, but working on it and trying to measure the spans of wood to attach was just impossible against the plastic and insulation causing the cavities to balloon outwards slightly. So, plan B was to attach osb to the ceiling first so the pine had more of a solid surface to attach to. It should be much easier.

Trusty panel lifter put to work again.

Middle span all done.

Cut around skylights.

Lifting the OSB with the panel lifter was a bit sketchy. Especially on the angled ceiling, I had to disengage the lock on the top of the lifter (which allows the top panel support to swing down to a 30 degree angle for easier panel loading... I'd then push the panel loader into the ceiling, and as it would tilt into becoming flush with the angled ceiling, I would stick 2x4s against the edge at the wall, so the board wouldn't slip and crash down to the floor.

Once again, found an old friend to help lift up the panels.

Back wall all done.

Cut around the windows.

The tougher walls...

Created a cardboard template to cut the tough angles.

Worked great!

I'm still surprised I was able to complete the ceiling and walls in one weekend. It was basically the ceiling in one day and the walls in another day. Little tidbits I used that worked really well - I had so many outlets to cut around, using a level to mark the vertical/horizontal lines where the outlet lay in the adjoining floor and walls worked really well. For instance, I'd mark lines on the floor that corresponded to where the outlet sides were, then put the panel in place, and transfer those lines from the floor to the panel (making sure to keep the level... level. Then I'd cut out the spot for the outlet - It worked great.

Cutting in the paint.

In progress...

All done.