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Originally Posted by shine

yes it does. foam-it-green is a closed cell foam but it still holds water. or they say it is . i'm no foam expert. i do have friends with foamed shops that have had problems. my shop is done with water bags but it is 20 years old and so far so good. i can see where it has leaked but no rust through or problems yet. if i had it to do over i would have a wooden shop . metal building roofs suck. they sweat and rain or they pull screws loose and leak .
i was skeptical of flexseal but after using it i know it works. i rolled it over the seam of the add on and it has lasted 2 years. going up before winter and doing another coat.

That in bold is why most of the tin rusts out when the spray on insulation is applied. Supposedly builders around here are saying to lay the foil wrapped thin foam board down first, then put your tin on, then spray the insulation on. I know I wish I would have at least put plastic done before I put my tin on the south side of my building. It will rain in there when you heat it in the winter.

Sounds the guy who did our shop was just being a salesman. Doesn't matter though, our old part is a steel frame with batt insulation, it's stupid cold in that part during the winter.

part of my building is not insulated and it rains . the spray foam is suppose to stop the sweat. there is also several thermal barriers you can put down. dont know if any work.

Prodex insulation is what i am looking at for my attic . it also works well in cars and cheaper.

Okay, so let's see if we can get back on track, although exploring the world of insulation opinion is somewhat interesting it's a bit off subject now that we've wrung it out a bit.

So this morning just a few minutes after dawn I hear some noises outside. To my surprise the drywall guys are unloading a pile of board so they can rock and roll. Well, hold on boys, the last of the spray foam needs to be done first. True to his word the insulation guy shows up about 1/2 an hour later and proceeds to git er done. Just after lunch the drywall hangers show up and a few hours later.............tah dah! We're ready for the tape and mud crew. Meanwhile, on the outside of the building the stucco crew continues setting their lath to get ready to lay down the scratch coat. They didn't quite finish today so looks like Friday we'll be ready to go on the exterior finish stuff. Next week could be another good week. All in all, good progress I'd say..................

With every pic, I covet a little more. I'll warn you right now, I'm going to be doing some improvements on my shop this winter and the title of my thread is going to be " Keeping up with Uncle Bob "

Geeze, those screw lines look perfect! Looking very nice!

sheetrock guys blow me away . those 12 ft sheets make my back hurt just looking at them.

Originally Posted by shine

sheetrock guys blow me away . those 12 ft sheets make my back hurt just looking at them.

It's the walking around on stilts that would get me. And they're just so danged fast! It takes at least me 4 times longer to do sheetrock than a pro.

Yeah, three young guys, not one of them weighed over 150#, 4 hours to do all that including clean up. The one guy on stilts the whole time. Nifty to watch. Although I did have to point out a couple electrical boxes they missed cutting out........not bad all things considered.

all i'll say is after i sheetrock it's good that i do body work

Originally Posted by shine

all i'll say is after i sheetrock it's good that i do body work

I have the problem of being too fussy with muding the sheetrock. My wife always has to remind me that it's not a fender, it'll be ok.

So not as much got done Friday as scheduled, though most of the scratch coat on the stucco upper got laid on. Well, surprise, surprise the stucco guys showed up today and got more done. Then additional surprise, the tape and mud guys for the drywall showed up in the afternoon and got their first pass laid down, so now we're back on schedule for Monday.............I hope.

It's almost a shame to cover those screws. They looked so precise.

the hopper gun is your friend
that is looking great bob. better than my house my friend who does mud work always said he wished he could do bodywork like me . i told him he would not even have to sand his .