More Wall Repairs

As usual, we were back at the house this weekend for more repair work. We continued working on the dining room walls, spent some time on the ceiling in the foyer, and did some touch up on walls that are pretty close to complete (except for sanding).


Here is one of the walls in the dining room. There is an earlier picture of this wall in last week's post. Not to sound like a broken record, but the joint compound looks a hundred times better than the nasty brown paint.


Here's a before and after comparison of the foyer. The first picture was taken when the tenant was still "living" in the house and before we even made an offer. Just looking at this picture is nauseating. The second picture was taken this afternoon. No more nasty wallpaper, wall stains or giant holes in the plaster. And most importantly, no more horrid stench.



We are exceptionally proud of the wall repair in the picture below. This wall is on the right side of the foyer and just below the stairs. A lot of the plaster was crumbling and stained. First, we scraped all of the loose plaster off and applied giant pieces of mesh wall tape. Next, we applied layer after layer of joint compound and ended up with a repaired wall. As we've experienced with some of the other walls, some of the yellow stains seep into the joint compound as it dries. We'll use a primer, such as Kilz, to stop this after we sand and are ready to paint.