Bitchin' and whinin'

I'm pleased to announce that, after Saturday and Sunday, I have yet another task to add to my ever-expanding list of jobs I find incredibly annoying and really not fun.

That's right, you can now add installing insulation to such classics as drilling Tapcons, digging holes, cleaning concrete, and drilling Tapcons. (Yes, Tapcons deserve to be mentioned twice.)

But it's not all pissing and moaning around our house. The good news is: we've started insulating!

The bad news is that putting insulation up is about as much fun as... well, rubbing yourself down with a fistful of glass fibers, really. Ooooh! Scratchy!

Now, I could go ahead and tell the story about my new buddy at Rona (we call him "Thunder Bay" because he's, uh, from Thunder Bay) and how he not only made us doubt ourselves and our intentions in seeking out the insulation that we were seeking, but also tricked me into buying a piece-of-shit saw that I really didn't need (it was only $3.00, so I'm not that pissed), but, well, that kind of is the whole story. So... never mind.

At any rate, here are the pictures. First up, the ceiling:



We really wanted to get Roxul Safe'n'Sound for that, what with its superior sound-dampening qualities, but we couldn't find anything thicker than the standard 3.5" stuff for regular studded walls. The only stuff they had for 2x6 construction was the pink stuff, which meant we also had to buy spacesuits (the disposable hazmat ones) in a generally vain attempt to lessen the amount of exposure we would suffer to the fiberglass. Fortunately, the pink stuff IS the non-combustible, noise-controlling variety, so we should be code-compliant.

And, last but not least, the walls:





Hell of a colour scheme, ain't it?

Yeah, we didn't get completely done yesterday, but that stuff is a lot more finicky than you'd think, and what with almost half of the voids being not-quite-16" on centre, we have to cut down almost every single piece we put it.

That being said, it looks pretty good to me. We should be able to book the inspector for later this week!