This is the week that our dining room ceiling is finally being repaired after the water damage that occurred last month. I am happy to report that things are going smoothly so far. Here is a picture before the repair began:

Water Damaged Ceiling

Ben Baker is our drywaller guy and he is doing a great job so far. Here is a progress report showing pictures, day by day. This a picture from Day 1:

Day 1: This picture shows a hole through to the attic, which was necessary to allow any damp spots to completely dry before sealing it back up.

Day 2 doesn’t show that the insulation was replaced before the sheetrock was put back up. Ben has also scraped all the texture off the dining room ceiling too. The end result should be a new texture on both the dining room and the kitchen ceilings. Here’s the picture from the end of Day 2:

Day 2: New insulation and sheetrock have already been installed.

Day 3 was when the mudding was done. The first picture is of Ben, the drywaller guy. The second one is of Eric, having fun with the stilts and the third picture is from the end of Day 3:

Day 3: Ben up on stilts putting mud on the ceiling.

Eric was trying out the stilts.

Day 3: Mud is drying.

Day 4 was texturing day. Ben said I should have gotten his picture after he got done with that job as he was covered in texture material. Here is a picture after he was done:

Day 4: After texturing was done.

Day 5 was painting day. Ben painted the ceiling in an antique white color. Here is the end result.

Day 5: Doesn't Ben do a great job?

I am so glad that this project is done though so we can get things back to normal.