[HairOfTheDog]

That sounds real good, to do some remodeling and selling if you like that kind of work!

I agree with you on sheetrock texturing... Some things are better hired out. The guys who came in and did ours had all the tools and the space suits, and were wham! bam! done in a couple hours.

[SuziQ]

It's not texturing or plaster work or anything like that. We'd install the sheetrock, it's just the taping of the joints, slathering on the joint compound, letting it dry, going back and sanding it, then doing the process again, that's the pain. You have to do all that so that when you paint the wall, the seams don't show. SirKit has even found a source for 8' x 16' and even 8' x 24' sheetrock, so that he could do a whole wall and never have to make a seam in the middle of the wall! Then I can just prime and paint the stuff!

Skimcoat on sheetrock walls is gorgeous, but that takes skill and that means paying some BUCKS to get that done. Paul bought a condo in Somerville, and we talked with the man who gutted, then renovated the building, creating the condos, and he was talking about the plaster guy, calling him the Plaster Nazi! He said he was VEY careful to stay on good terms with him at all times because it's so hard to find someone who does such nice work. And the work was beautiful! The walls were just glass smooth, and that always makes a paint job look nice!