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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #120 on: February 03, 2008, 11:21:23 am »

Wish I could say I've had time to do anything since my last update but I haven't... next house task is the bathroom.  The wallpaper, cabinets etc are old and worn out.  Have to pull the cabinets, relaminate the counter, yank down the wallpaper and paint, etc.  I'll probably set of an antimicrobial fogger in there while it's all exposed.

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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #121 on: April 12, 2008, 10:36:29 pm »
I finally got back on my basement project this week. Did I say in the last post that I was finished painting? Well, I lied! ;D I never did the ridiculously tall and intimidating stairwell. I did all the patching over the week, and put up 2 coats of primer and a coat of semi today. I had to duct tape a broom stick to a telescoping paint handle to get all the way to the ceiling in the stairwell. And I never fell either!

I also ripped out all the carpet and tore out all the tack strips so we can get started on the underlayment this week.

Man, I will be so happy when this is done. I am sooo paying someone to do the work next time a major house project comes up.

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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #122 on: April 14, 2008, 03:26:31 am »
Man, I will be so happy when this is done. I am sooo paying someone to do the work next time a major house project comes up.

Spoken like a true experienced home improver.

Unfortunately I will never remember to heed such excellent advice like that!  :laugh2:
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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #123 on: April 14, 2008, 10:18:01 am »
Major Home Improvements - no mas, no mas

I would just like to chime in with this - how come home improvement work doesn't equate to household chores.  I've been sanding and painting like a fiend, plus I've been removing trees, bushes and shrubs and back filling clean soil in the backyard to prepare for my son's birthday party in 3 weeks. Yesterday I catch hell for not putting away the laundry and not doing the dishes this weekend.  Somehow the 30 lawn bags in the backyard and the fresh paint in the basement don't give me a free pass on 5 minutes of dishes.  I so wish there was a kick your spouse in the arse day.
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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #124 on: April 14, 2008, 11:08:43 am »

I am sooo paying someone to do the work next time a major house project comes up.



I say the same thing after every project I do, and for some reason I keep coming back for more punishment.


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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #125 on: April 14, 2008, 11:22:20 am »

I am sooo paying someone to do the work next time a major house project comes up.



I say the same thing after every project I do, and for some reason I keep coming back for more punishment.



Haha, me too actually. The "paying" part is always where I get hung up.  ;D

I tell you what though, I am paying a pro to recarpet the stairwell. I don't want any part of it.

I also have a hill out back that has been overrun with creeping vine crap. I want to pay some kids to tear it all out so the trees can flourish again.

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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #126 on: May 05, 2008, 11:13:56 am »
I am getting closer to finishing!

I paid my neighbor to carpet the stairs. He is a new construction installer that does huge ass mansion type houses. He had a remnant from a recent job, so I got rich people expensive carpet installed on my stairs, SWEET!
He did the whole comlicated job in 3 hours. Let me tell you, unless you have the tools and know what you are doing, hire a pro to carpet stairs. That was complicated as hell and he made it look easy.

I've also gotten a good start on the wood laminate flooring. That stuff is not near as easy as they make it look in the videos. Of course, maybe that is because I bought the cheap stuff instead of frikkin $4/foot Pergo. We are hoping to have the floor done by next weekend.

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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #127 on: May 05, 2008, 12:39:54 pm »
I "tried" carpeting my dad's basement stairs a few years ago and it looked so horrible it wasn't even good enough for his standards.
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You're right Shardian, you gotta pay the man for the stairs!
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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #128 on: May 06, 2008, 07:56:32 am »
Here are a few pics I snapped with my phone last night. The flooring is going real quick now.

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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #129 on: May 06, 2008, 12:44:04 pm »
looks great I'm jealous.  my basement doesn't look half as nice.
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Re: Further basement work...
« Reply #130 on: May 06, 2008, 01:13:42 pm »
great work shardian, it's coming along nicely!

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« Reply #131 on: May 06, 2008, 01:23:44 pm »
I've been digging for "before" pictures. Below is all I can find right now. The walls were urine yellow and sloppily patched all over. The carpet was nasty stained, and was full of cat pee smell. You aren't seeing things, that is in fact door molding used as base board trim. The lighting was horrible. Notice on the wall near the return air grill that there is a neat little array of outlets and connections in the new pictures. Those were randomly all over that wall before at all heights and angles!
That monstrosity of a fireplace was where the hearth stone is in the other pic. When we first toured the house, we thought it was a real fireplace.  :laugh2: It is being replaced with a nice little corner fireplace that will go in the corner beside the door to the garage.
The original windows were aluminum and single pane glass. They were drafty and let in all kinds of bugs. They didn't even open because the finished drywall overlaps the outer frame. That basement hadn't had ventilation in probably more than 20 years. Since we put in new windows in the fall, there hasn't been a single bug or spider web. The tax credit was nice too!