Pics Cont'd

I know I'd said I'd get these up last week, but I've been beyond slammed here at...uhm...work (shhh!), but I've got a few minutes in between processes, so here you go...

Nice and squared windows - just look at those edges!


Work in progress...





Finished! Walls and ceiling are completed!



Nice and bright - no worries, there'll be some color going on those walls eventually.

Right now I'm in the process of drying the basement out. The plaster is still working all the water out of itself as it cures and since the weather here has been so muggy, I can only open a window at night and point a fan out, to try and exhaust the air. It's a slow process, but it's getting there.

Next will be to slap up some primer on everything, then I can start putting together a paint scheme for down here. Lots of ideas running through my head, and they're not all bad, either.

'Course, I do want to get a patio put in out back, I need to get that going before the ground freezes up. Wait..."freezes up"?? Dave, it's only August!! Yeah, but you know how quickly I get things done...if I don't get moving on this patio soon, it'll be next August and it still won't be done. Anyway, from this point, it'll be a mixture of things getting done in the basement, and things moving forward on the patio.

And would you believe I might actually have some bike related tales to post here soon? I know, right? (And you were worried that this blog was turning into a better homes & garden thing...) Got a charity run going on this Saturday which I'll try and snap some pics of and do a bit of a write-up on.

That's all for now...

Damn! Dead Bat Trees Once Again!

Got home last night and checked out the basement project. Things were coming along nicely and I set to taking some pics. Here's the laundry room, all finished nicey-nice (lighting, door frame and door will follow).

Alas, I went to take more pics and my frikkn' camera died. Dead batteries! I picked more up today at lunch and should be able to get some more pics snapped over the weekend (My company is still shut down on Fridays, so my weekends now consist of Friday - Sunday).

Anyway, here's to more progress in the basement. Hopefully you guys are getting important things accomplished as well. Even if that simply means rolling up some well-deserved miles.

Ciao for now...

Speed Kills

Unless we’re talking about my basement, in which case, speed is AWESOME! The hangers are done already! It only took one day! And Matt was still working when I got home last night, putting up the strips of corner bead. He’s back there today, and with any luck, this stage could be completed this week!

More pics! (Guess I shoulda cleaned the lens of my camera, though…)

Looking into the basement from the porch entrance…
Utility room, all walled up nicey nice…
Cedar closet all enclosed, too…
Main room, back side…
Turning right and looking into what will be the bathroom…
Main room, middle view…
Where the bar will be going…
Main room, looking back towards bar and bathroom…
Main room, looking back at porch entrance…
Things look rather dark in these pics because A) there are no working lights at the moment, and B) the walls and ceiling are all a dark grey because of the board. Once the (white) plaster is up, it should look a lot brighter in here.

I’ll take more pics tonight and get ‘em up here tomorrow…

Supplies!

Got a call from Matt (the plasterer) late yesterday afternoon; the wall board had shown up a day early! Which means everything else gets bumped up a day, too - that means the hangers are in my basement right now as I type this! And Matt should be able to get in there on Thursday, rather than Friday. Who knows, maybe this stage will be completed by the end of this week? It makes my head spin…

Anyway, here are a few pics of the supplies..

These sheets are 12 feet long. 12 feet! You can cover a lot of space, and fast, with boards that long!

More sheets! (And, in the back of this pic, you can see the Durock (for the shower) standing against the far wall.)
Plaster anyone?
My buddy Dave (the plumber) was over last night as well, installing the liner for the shower. Now the Durock can be installed over the leading edges of the liner, ensuring water-tightness all around. Sweet!
I’ll keep posting pics as the week progresses…