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Update on the Plastering of the Walls

Bob meets with Tim Smyth, the plastering contractor, who updates the progress on the drywall and gives a few tips on good and fast installation.
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Update on the Plastering of the Walls

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" Now this is not a skim job it's a traditional. Eight objectives that your failure drywall couple because we're gonna tack strip and and it. And it's all been screwed off with power through correct so with the first class installation what do you do over here. Lord go ahead we're trying to get everything ready Aaron because it. Well obviously this is kind of crazy schedule. We needed paper got a way to get this done for music stuff anyone out in July. Fat city joint compound right report of the corners though that the most difficult time within the week along with a new product. The prefinished corner right if you want to put it on the outside -- outsider and site and it's just been done right else notices this is it here that's one of them this is the flexible this will do any corner. OK speaking defendants can bend it and it you can go in or you can. And it's prefinished but you'd you'd have to put compound on it right you put it off with compound isolation its system. Instead -- a corner -- like a corner cap I. -- put it on the compound and it's been. Covering the whole thing with -- agents in attendance tonight. Basically if you -- just took the -- the end. Because it's made out of a paper plastic and paper the composite IC and the plastic in the middle that isn't being picked up last look at it that. Went from very thick -- tape rolling down the nothing. It down the backside of I'll try to papers they have continued -- interest that you show us how you another hundred inside yeah. Let me let me throw some -- and actually anti corner real quick you're looking after the here. This figure all purpose but this -- when ready to go -- we'll see you back corner. And it's just it's. Just like to put out of giant pizza joint tape Bob basically what's. Think it should not and -- the corner and Josh Evans south -- evident evident. Now notice that the show that all it tightly sealing. So. OK now when eyewitness in the place you know to make a perfect freeway corner off OK all right let's say is incredibly smart. We'll take it. They like -- inspections and tighten. And then you lay them all there's a paper flap his feet along the -- If you lay that zipper lock down Bob they'll never ever crap out really care about what I should've brought up by the -- Why couldn't -- reflects off. I think I'm up -- but this valued music definitely and it couldn't go to the -- wrong and the -- And then milled like go to here whatsoever in any in the middle there's some prefinished corner well that's really the same application -- outside. So this -- I mean this is -- grind joint compound out politicking. And -- forty minutes. Again. Even without any heat here now what I really with a fascinating is joining us we regular joint compound however OK because there's hardly any -- here with about an hour perhaps you are flying corners have done a -- yet would be used for fastening are not enough let's finish this when -- a little better -- thank you wanted to. What -- drill this -- take my role here. If you think things up relentless. It will flatten out. Who should get my edge. Let's go to the corner back here and -- We'll learn how -- just -- that -- on the outside corner normally on his death metal be I worry about the strength of the corner right and this seems pretty stiff stuff. You know the -- says this. The way we design I think it's incredibly strong but probably ten times stronger point. This is why Bob we'll start from about. This yellow paper here yeah that's jointed papers saying joint -- we raise it to fifty years right through every foot we have about 48 square from the bond. -- they're terrific so it's a continuous spot all the corners. Plastic Madeleine K five all the flags that's what. -- out of a corner be done with us this note here now you know wolf attached right -- now put up the plan is flown. Exactly feel that the green shrinking level Qaeda situation right slash French and Russians to vote on the drywall moves that the plant's -- different -- trying to close relative apparently hairline crack. And this vantage you don't attack artist what you put out before -- do that now. -- Right below -- thousand dollar bond it our strength coming together for a level. Good. What I'm showing here this is actually an eight foot stick with is likely ultra flat. Except that comes in stick form so called real record and ignited intense. They just lock him -- on a you stick your car and this is. There is -- off fell straight and that's actually shot in the play -- are -- there's a difference bobcats corner -- If you showed a porn didn't think I'd get shiner right you target coat but this one is effort to have the W washable and time. You want tightened -- right back and just taking wiped her hand and they shouldn't take this feeling. Thinking to myself but no nails no screws no -- else knows this is all purpose mud. And they just check to make sure it's flat. A -- white very firm. Get most of my blood -- that. Again we'll -- right back. Now they've been blacked out. Their paper platinum. And again this -- you're right sure obviously can keep -- sand all right Tim welcome thanks for joining us hey Bob thank you very much."

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