Preparing for Mudding

Owing to the second big snowstorm of the season there hasn't been too much to report on the house, but there has been progress on preparing the walls for mudding. This is a messy business, so the floor surfaces needed to be protected first:

The joints and corners of the drywall were filled and taped, and here's how the the living room looked once that process had been completed:

Acrobatic equipment in the form of stilts is used by the drywall team to improve efficiency. And, so efficient were they, that every time I went to the house to catch them in action, they were on break:

Fortunately we also got the gas meter installed and the gas line connected and so, by firing up the furnace, Richard has been able to dry out the drywall work more effectively.

And finally, the aggregate in the garage has been leveled in preparation for laying the concrete floor:

Hopefully, with the improvement in the weather, I will be able to report a bit more progress this coming week!