Before I dive into this post, I want to say that some of these things vary based on where you live. I live in Ohio and am writing solely from our perspective during building.
Let's talk about insulation first: Most of our insulation is blown insulation with the exception of some fiberglass bats in our steep ceilings and in between bedroom walls for noise insulation. We also did some spray foam in the basement.
If you're thinking about noise reduction in your house, I absolutely recommend adding fiberglass bats in the bedroom walls. We've seen first-hand how well it works, and it's almost too quiet! We added a lot but because our house is fairly open, we wanted to make sure the rooms stayed quiet for guests. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone building, it has been such a nice option that's difficult to change after you're done building.
Sheetrock install was maybe the most exciting part of the build because that's when the walls are enclosed and the house really begins to take shape and turn into what you envisioned. It also makes the house feel more to scale, in comparison to how small things can feel during drywall.
Our walls don't have any texture. For ceilings, our builder included knockdown ceiling textures in our original quote. We had considered doing flat ceilings in our whole house until we got the quote back- it was a bit pricey. Instead, we opted for flat ceilings in the living room and entryway and knockdown ceilings everywhere else. It was a great way to break up the textures and because the living room shows so much of the ceiling, it was nice for the living room to be flat and not having any sort of texture.
Questions I was asked:
Did you put insulation in the walls for noise reduction? Yes! We discussed this with our builder and it was actually less expensive for us to install it ourselves after the insulation crew had been through than it would have been to pay the crew to go back in and do it. So my husband and I spent an evening installing the fiberglass batts for noise reduction. It was so easy too!
What textures are there? Some of the most common types are flat, knockdown, orange peel, slap brush and Santa Fe.
Will higher ceilings cost more to finish? Short answer = yes. Especially at the 10' mark because of how drywall sheet sizes, the crew would have a lot more work to do.
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