On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 11:18:10 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/18/2015 9:55 AM, wrote:
On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:40:06 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything.

One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people.

One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated..

https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats
Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check.
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gofundme.com is safe, John.

OK. Done.
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Just sat down to look for your email addy. Thanks, John!

Went to my FIL's last night. He has a stack of new baseboard he's going to give the guy. Got to get new sheetrock up first. Guess I'll be sharpening that skill back up. I actually kind of enjoy it. Yeah, weird I guess.



Doing the rough sheetrock is easy enough ... at least in my experience.
Taping, plastering and finishing it smooth ... that's a whole different
ballgame. I don't have the patience (or skill) for it. I've done
some in a loft above the apartment in my house that was unfinished.
Got the sheetrock up fine but then finished it with plaster with a
sponge to give it that "stucco" finish look. Hides a lot of sins. :-)

For some reason, I'm good at slinging the mud. I recently had to cut a 2'x2' hole in the guest bedroom wall to get to the back of the master bath shower. Put the piece I cut out back in with a stick of 1x behind it with sheetrock screws, mudded and sanded it, then primed and rolled a coat of paint over the wall. You can't tell it.

For me, the key is to not use an excessive amount of the mud (compound, plaster, whatever you want to call it). The less sanding, the better. Top the entire wall with new construction primer, then paint. Oh, and my dad taught me years ago to use the paper tape, and dip it in water first.