Two days ago, I told my wife I'd install subflooring sheets in the attic. That adds value/equity into your home. Most of what the previous owner installed was weak plywood. The biggest reason I felt the need to install subflooring was to avoid falling through the ceiling. I go in the attic a couple of times yesterday evening to make sure I had enough blown insulation in the areas I was going to cover, and to ensure that I didn't have any power, cable, or phone wires draped over the joists I was planning to cover. All was well until I miscalculate one step.

THUMP! A split second later... I'm straddling a joist nearly crushing the family jewels. Nonetheless... PAIN! After a minute or so of getting over the shock of seeing my kitchen floor, I thanked God that I didn't fall completely through. If I had, I'd have bounced off the refridgerator, hit my head on the island counter, and flopped on the floor. I looked at the damaged area, and started to cut around some sections that I could patch without having to replace an entire sheet of drywall. Well, two sheets were damaged. Long story short, I replaced one complete sheet (cut to fit a slightly smaller area than 8'x4'). Then, cut a couple of 2'x2' (approximately) that I damaged out of anger & frustration. Lucky for me, I have a Lowe's outside of my subdivision, and they were still open. Called a podnuh of mine to help muscle the drywall. Started at about 8:30, and finished hanging the drywall by 11:30pm.

Today... I called in some good ole Mexican labor to texturize & popcorn the ceiling back to pre-damage condition. I had a crew of Mexican guys repair my roof after Katrina, and they did a SUPERB job! No offense to American businesses that use domestic labor, but quality at a great price exceeds domestic inflation!!!

I'll get some pics posted when the work is complete. BTW, I'm sore as hell, but have a cool BL nearby while I work from home watching my repair guy do a magnificent job. So far so good.

 

I always wanted to see someone fall through a ceiling like that. I wish I was there to see your legs dangling through the roof Sorry to hear about your sore crotchal region. That's never good.

 

Dont you hate it when that happens! LOL!! Glad you didnt kill yourself!
Damn Ron should have let your laborers do all the work, see what happens when you try to save a buck!

 

Damn, thats hilariously harsh!

 

It wasn't about saving a buck when looking at a hole in the ceiling late in the evening. I wasn't going to put my head on a pillow until that hole was no longer existent. With vents on the eves, and critters flying in the air, I didn't want any exposure to flies, misquitos, etc inside my house. That hole was getting patched no matter how long it took. Have never hung drywall before, and don't ever plan to do it again... but, I can do it now if need be.

Buy a house, and you'll understand. JFWY. Besides, I'm paying money for someone to finish the job. I'd try it, but I'm walking slower than normal, and am tired as hell. May have gotten a total of 20 hrs sleep this week.

 

maybe you should stick to fixing your transmission, worst danger is the transmission falling on you, at least you're already flat on your backside when it happens instead of 8 1/2 ft. high

 

fixed it already.
that was a perfect opertunity to install a sky light.
i have found that most that cover the celing and walls with the texture
stuff is hiding something.
we had it all over our celings when we bought our house.
started pealing it off and found the celing in the halway and one of the bed rooms
needed to be compleaty replaced from a leaking roof.
but as they say, why fix it when you can cover it up and raise the value of your house.

 

Glad you got that fixed. I've had my share of attic work my self installing surround sound for the living rooms and running ethernet plugs before wireless came along. But never fell through. I could just imagine how scary that would feel.
My buddy was doing some contract labor for Comcast Digital Cable and was in a doctors house and fell through the living room ceiling and landed on the couch luckily. It wasn't a pretty sight.

 

bwahaha that sounds like a bad comedy sketch

 

it does sound pretty cheesy