Basement Work - Part 6
We had another fun weekend in the basement. Probably not as productive as last weekend since the burnout is setting it and WotLK came out. Makes it difficult to want to work on stuff when you've got a 1200+ queue waiting for you to login to Northrend!
Matt is still sick and had to take frequent breaks so it makes it slow going for getting stuff done. The carpet guys finished up on Friday morning and the carpet looks and feels really great. I like running up and down the stairs without worrying about sticking my toes on the tack strips. After they were done I went down and rolled around on the carpet with Aerith for a few minutes - it felt good.
I got the baseboards in the living room cleaned, patched the holes, and installed yesterday afternoon. We used an adhesive to reattach the baseboards since we didn't have a brad nailer - makes a big difference to have those on. Tonight I'll touch up the paint on the trim so we can start moving furniture back in. We're also going to finish pulling the speaker wire so we can get that done and over with.
On Saturday we installed the toilet in the bathroom. The instructions were written by retarded monkeys or something because most of the instructions didn't match up to the parts that came with it. So we had to kind of wing it. However it does work and is all nice and sealed.
I also did the baseboard in the bathroom and the ham shack on Saturday. In some of the pictures you may see the baseboard peeling away from the walls, this seems to be a common issue with these baseboards. The wall base we selected has a self-stick backing that you peel off that comes in rolls. That part works easy but once you get to the end of the roll it doesn't like to stick. Since I have leftover adhesive from the living baseboards I'll try to stick down the offending parts of the self stick stuff in the laundry, ham shack, and bathroom
I also did some touch up paint in the ham shack, laundry room and living room. The carpet guys kind of scuffed up the new paint job in the ham shack so I had to go over that again with a paintbrush. The living room took a little longer as there were a couple of cracks and gouges made by the tiling guys. I also painted the access panel so it wouldn't stand out so much.
You might notice that in a lot of the living room shots the walls seem to be blurry or dusty - well that's because they are. Before the carpet was installed I wiped down all the walls hoping to remove all that dust and junk, it didn't work. Instead it spread little dirt particles all over the wall. I tried to clean it again yesterday but it is still stuck. I think I will try to go over the walls with a fine bristled brush to knock of the little particles. I think they get stuck in the nooks of the texture on the walls, which makes it impossible to wipe away.
Oh and I installed some new bathroom hardware. Matt and I have been really impressed by the transformation in the bathroom. We think it is the most surprising and welcome change after this whole ordeal.
Things left to do:
- Install speaker and ethernet cable
- Install patch panel in utility room
- Move furniture and stuff back downstairs
- Construct new tv stand
- Touch up paint on stairway
- Vacuum and more cleaning
We can see the light at the end of the tunnel.