Knotical Life: The Basement Craze

Since returning from our vacation, the past 2 weekends have been spent full force on the basement project. We finally (I think) have made it to a turning point. We can feel the progress, smell success, and know we are almost over that last hurdle. Rough-in is so close to being done and then we are on to finishes!

Lots to catch you up on:

1) I built that wall, all by myself, yup you heard it!

2) We insulated the supply ductwork.

3) Moved the water lines (which were in the middle of the room) over next to the ductwork.

4) Ran new insulated flex duct for the rooms upstairs.

5) Installed framing for a bulkhead to cover the return and supply ductwork as well as the water lines.

6) Removed the metal track at all the door openings (still have to do this at the head of each door, but the bottom required a grinder and takes a little longer).

7) Demolished part of the wall on the other side of the stair. We demoed the wall from the metal stud to the left a few weeks earlier.

8) Finished demoing drywall in the laundry room, installing lights, and building the last wall for the entrance into the laundry room.

A nice little status photo from the corner of the Family Room. From right to left the rooms are Stair, Laundry Room, Bathroom, and Storage/Brew Room.

Status photo of Laundry Room assembled back for use.

From right to left, Bathroom and Storage. You may notice the nice bike rack on the wall to the left. If we had to play musical chairs with those things one more time while working on the basement ... well, it may be the end of some bikes. Got it from Home Depot (shocker) - it is made by Husky.

Status photo of Bathroom.

Status photo of Storage/Brew Room.

One end of the Family Room.

And the other end ... looking at our entertainment wall!

Say what!? Of course, for a movie watching fanatic like myself an Entertainment Wall (in caps, that's right!) was a must. Blocking and boxes for speakers, HDMI, a wall mount TV ... and whatever we can think of!