Rewind: Day 115, May 10

What has been most interesting about the process of building a house is how few people are needed to do a job when they're really good at it.  There were only 3 guys who framed the roof, the roofers (shingling, etc.) were a 3 man crew, drywalling was done by just 2 guys, the mudding team is only 2.... and the crazy thing is that everyone does their job in about 2-3 days.

Most of Gary's crews seem to work for him on the side, going to their primary job during business hours and coming to this house around 4pm and/or on weekends.  Thankfully, it doesn't get dark until 8:30 right now, so there is a good 4 hour work day each evening.  Prior to the drywall going up, insulation needed to be blown in the walls.  There was a team of two young Mexican guys who prepped the entire house for this.

The prep work involved glueing a plastic mesh to every stud, floor to ceiling (they did this over only 2 evenings).  A 4 inch hole was cut in the mesh about a foot down from the ceiling between every single stud.  When they were through, a truck full of insulation drove up to the door, a large hose was attached and the insulation guys blew insulation into the pockets.  Afterward, the prep team returned and cut out the holes covering each electrical box.

Most of the rooms were filled with the synthetic pink insulation seen here.  However, both offices were filled with a mix of materials primarily made up of shredded newspaper.  

Now you know how to prep and fill insulation....you too, could have a second job building houses!