William's Workbench

With my building permit deadline looming (it runs out on the 22nd) I took today off and worked on the basement all day.

Before	After
Before	After
Overall view	towards bathroom

The soffit now has drywall and edging installed as well as a first coat of mud. I took these pictures before the mud to show off my super duper edging skills. 😉

With most of the taping and mudding complete I have started building some soffit around furnace ductwork. There are two areas this will have to be constructed. Pictured here is a duct in the workshop that feeds a first floor register. The other area will be the large return ducts in the media room.

Duct to cover	Framework to hold drywall

The framework is constructed from 2×4’s ripped lengthwise to form a piece 1 ^1/2 x 1 ^3/4 and 5.2mm underlayment crosspieces. Once the framework is secured to the floor joists to surround the duct, drywall will be attached to complete the soffit.

Thanks to a new air compressor (special $49, down from $99) from Home Depot and a Bostich air stapler (borrowed, thanks Dad!) the soffit building went really quick.