drywalling

Things are settling down a bit at home here. The plumber's gone through and given the thumbs up to a few areas of concern. The electrical in the house has been completely redone. There are a few things left to do before the unpacking and painting can begin in earnest. One of them is to get a drywall guy in to seal up all the holes left by everyone else that came in before him. The contractor we're in touch with is quite nice and walked through the house with us yesterday and quoted us a price in the $3-4k range for the job. To my eyes this doesn't seem unreasonable given the scope of and number of holes that needs to be sealed up. That being said, I`m also not a drywall expert. There's long trenches of drywall holes along where the baseboards should go where a lot of the wiring was run. Just covering those ones up with the baseboards isn't really an option since some of the holes go larger than what the baseboards would cover.

While we're getting the drywall work done, we're also looking at a few smaller (hopefully) jobs in the house. After the electrical was done some larger holes were left upstairs, one of which revealed a section of dead (unused) space enclosed by drywall that we're hoping to turn into a linen closet for some much needed storage. We also need to get our master bedroom's closet revisited since the way it is now is mostly unworkable. One rod and a shelf for two people just isn`t going to do it. The contractor was nice enough to run a few ideas by me and once we get the closet opened up a bit (there is much more space available vertically than the doors would allow access to) we`ll be able to get a more complete shelving closet solution in there. Two rods hopefully, along with some drawers.

Another question has come up in the meantime that we`re hoping to get some answers to. The master bedroom is cold... the new furnace is nice and all but for whatever reason when night hits the bedroom is still cold. I think it has to do with the face that the walls aren`t insulated as well as they should be and that we have 3 exterior walls on that room. Redoing the insulation on the upper level is out of the question ($$$$) but I don`t think doing just that room is. It wouldn`t be for resale value, it would be for us. Besides, the other bedrooms on the upper level seem to be doing fine heat-wise.