Dry Wall

The outside of the house is almost complete, and now it's really looking like a house inside too.  We spotted several types of drywall being used.  Such as lightweight panels and ToughRock.

In the bathrooms around the tubs and shower is Durock.

Here is a view looking from the great room through the kitchen to the front door.

This is the view looking from the kitchen to the great room (the insets will be for the entertainment center and bookshelves.)

Here is a picture from when they just started, so drywall and studs can both be seen.  The cut outs in the drywall will be plate glass windows, their purpose:  to let light in from the front to the back laundry room.

Here is Steve's study in the basement.  The concrete looks like it is floating in the wall.  A wall was built in front of the concrete foundation wall at the bottom, so that electric outlets could be installed.  The drywall above is above the foundation wall.  The foundation wall is concrete for thermal mass for the passive solar to work.

We haven't decided yet if we will paint the concrete to match the paint on the drywall, or if we will just seal the concrete and leave it exposed as a tool to explain the passive solar and thermal mass concepts to future visitors.