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Laying Plywood for the Front Porch Ceiling

General contractor Kevin Kalman and carpenter Bob Ryley lay plywood to the soffit of the front porch ceiling in the Mt. Pleasant house in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Laying Plywood for the Front Porch Ceiling

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" Well, most of the porch here is already done but I see we've still got the ceiling here to do and the stage is already set-up for us and everything so how do you want to tackle it, Kevin?"

" I think what we'll do Bob is we'll rip a 24-inch wide piece siding at the top working our way down"

" Okay"

" and we'll use a full sheet right in the middle then we'll finish with a 24-inch wide piece at the bottom"

" Yeah"

" let's fill that light fixture right there and we'll bring in the middle of the sheet, this one right up here"

" That's right"

" We don't want that to end up right on the joint, we don't want the batten strips to fall right on it."

" Okay, sounds like a good plan"

" Let' do it"

" We'll run through in this direction."

" I'm good there."

" Okay."

" The starting point."

" Okay."

" How are you down there?"

" Good. Right on the line."

" Right there?"

" Yeah."

" Okay."

" Oh, ready for another sheet?"

" Some of you measure this light box. We'll send the measurements down to Alex and he'll cut it for us and hand us up the sheets."

" Okay."

" We got 23-1/2, 23-3/8."

" 23-3/8 to the center. Go in the other direction."

" Good."

" Okay, that's 55-3/4."

" Say when."

" I'm good there."

" Okay. It's set. But it's quite a gap we've got down there at the end. Is the trim gonna cover that?"

" Yes we've got a couple of pieces of trim that go around all these and batten strips that will take care of it. Say Bob, let's put this up."

" Okay. Alright. That's the trim that covers the gap. I'm good there."

" Yeah, and this way here."

" Where's the trim piece, put that right in there."

" Yeah. Good."

" These battens really do a nice job of finishing this off, Kevin. I like those seams nicely."

" So, what kind of a finish you're gonna put on this Kevin?"

" This will have the trim color, just be painted as the ceiling. "

" Okay. That will look nice."

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