The Tuesday workday begins with what sounds like a 1980s heavy metal concert boast: "We're gonna rock today," says our project leader Tim, through his Yosemite Sam-style mustache. Some of us who are new to carpentry and construction don't know what this means, but it sounds at best very entertaining and at least quite interesting. Others on the work crew with building experience know what he's talking about and nod.
"We're gonna rock this room, and that room and that room," Tim continues. "We're gonna rock the whole house." Those of us with limited building experience fight back a standard arena concert response to shout "YEAH dude!" Instead we nod along with the others but in a subtle head-banger rhythm.
"Rocking this house" turns out to mean that we will spend two days measuring, trimming and cutting sheetrock and then using power drills to fasten them onto the bare timber studs. Our team of 15+ workers transforms this long, ground-floor space into eight small rooms with new walls that are ready for trim and painting. Painting with rollers. We rocked and we'll roll.
Yeah dude.
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