DIY Renos

I can look, I just can't touch

 

Yeah, but you don't have any hair to block your vision, I do! Like a split of the splits! (Oh Fanny, gonna get me! )

 

I'm glad your renos are coming along great Norm! I am 95% done another full bathroom reno, tub, all new drywall, wall tiles, the works and have alot planned for the outside of the house also this summer.....that is if it will ever stop raining.

 

Welcome back Normy...

 

Cars and Drywall connection

Man, if it wasn't for Cars, we'd still be making catapults!

Around here, a Drywall lift to rent, runs around $50 to $130 per day (or part thereof). Since I'd rather buy drywall, than rent a skyhook (vaporware) , I went cruising for "Homemade Drywall Lift". PAYDIRT!

I'm pretty sure that Drywall wasn't invented until 1910 or so, but people did have other flat panels, according to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drywall

However, good old carjacks (not the screw type) didn't come around until the post-WWII days. I say this, because this article from FineHomebuilding is dated for January 1, 1900.

Anyway, its a slick idea for rooms that are smaller than a full sheet (4 X 8).
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/how-to/tips/homemade-drywall-lift.aspx



Now here comes the really good stuff! You can buy a cheap Asian Lift for under $150, but they can't take any serious use - lots of cracked welds, etc.

You can find some used professional LIFTS on ebay, for usually $300 and less. A new one costs almost $700.

I have 1,400 Square Feet of ceiling to do on 2 floors, all by my lonesome, so... I made an MS Word file and then a PDF file of the 3 links and plans from this OUTSTANDING DIY Website! The inventor seems to be in his 50s. His son is 6'2", so he'd be in his 20s, and the guy is still a go-getter!



It took 3 threads:

He starts here on the 3rd page, after being chastised for even thinking about it, on the first 2 pages:
http://www.diychatroom.com/f19/homemade-drywall-lift-28959/index3/

He built his first one with over-engineering (a common thing that I do too ) and immediately built the modified one, on the same day, taking 2 more days to use it and refine it.

This one goes through most of the construction:
http://www.diychatroom.com/f101/can-you-build-your-own-drywall-lift-done-30539/

And here, he finally posts it with dimensions on the pics.
http://www.diychatroom.com/f101/free-plans-homemade-drywall-lift-33625/

AND! As an added bonus... You get to test your memory cells!!!

He got the idea from the "I Love Lucy Show". The coffee table in the show's livingroom, apparently raised and lowered along the same lines!

Anyway, I made the information required to build it, along with direct thread comments from the inventor (DangerMouse) and other contributors in the threads, into both MS Word and a PDF, with all the pictures.

I think I can upload the PDF version that I made in MSWord!

View attachment Drywall Lift DIY.pdf

ENJOY!!! Really nice to see that the spark lives on!

 

Norm, I'd give ya a shoulder to shoulder man hug if we met, I respect ya big time but even the guys dog can't look at the camera ( My master is nuts)!


With all respect Norm......go spend the apx $80 a day (where I live) and rent a air lift! You have a compresor so filling the bottle is free, and

I'm all for screw buying/renting, but only if it's cost/time effective, NO, this is not. I want to see the builder of this do a vidio of his installing a sheet of drywall in a corner and how long and painful a time it took!

 

No, I don't have a compressor, but that airlift idea looks sweet. hmmm.

1,400 square feet of drywall, Tedy. I'm fast at many things, but drywall and miracles take a bit more time.

I can almost count every muscle I have, just rebuilding the ceiling joists and building new stairs... Gettin' too old for this sh!t...

 

I'd like to see the guy lift the sheets, alone, up onto that rig! How high is that anyway?? Let's see...about 2 sitting Huskies high. Yeah....I mean in the DOWN position.

 

4 feet loading height. I can handle that by leaning the sheets on a wall, bringing the lift (on wheels of course) close and tilting the sheet to it, then hoisting it up on the lift support surfaces.

I think there is a Youtube video in one of the threads. I'll check tomorrow. Even the pro-units are two-man loading units.

Anyway, I've got a bunch of 'real two-by-four' stock, from taking down a few 105 year old partitions, and all the old door hinges I can eat. If all else fails, I can always buy a compressor and an air piston from our local Princess Auto (farm supply retailer up here.)

http://www.princessauto.com/

 

You can borrow my compressor when you need it Norm.

 

Thanks Andy. I probably will. Do you have a jack hammer to break up concrete? I have to install new sewage pipe to the main drain.

 

I'm younger Norm, and I'm to F****** Up for that kind of sh!t anymore!

Hauling them sheets is a bastard all by itself, save the body and think about hiring a couple guys just to hang the cieling, then do the walls by yourself if you want.....time/cost efective though, some things like DRYWALL mite be just best left to the younger guys, strong like post, smart like post


Fox made a good "eye ball"... you still have to put the sheet up 4' .....did I mntiom hauling those sheets is a bastard?

 

Awe Man, your gona love that job...been there done that when i moved the sewage line yaers back.......I was younger, strong as post..........

 

Dumb as a post sometimes too! Quotes came in at FROM $5,000 to $8,000. Too much 'contingency money' in their pricing. 6 quotes!?!?!?!:banghead3:

 

Have you seen the new Ultimate drywall? 30% lighter! Home Depot has it.