09.25.2005

Believe it or not, this F'ing soffit took 7 hours to do. We tore it down 3 times and changed it from 2x4 to plywood at the bottom at the end. This would give it support for drywall we needed. We also had to take down the first soffit to readjust it because it was not leveled. In that process, Simon almost lost an eye hack sawing the nails and I almost had that soffit fall on my head twice. It was not a fun day but we finally got it corrected and up.

09.17.2005

The next set of walls went fast because we got better at it :). We built a second door frame for the utility room. I suggest a 36" door. We also built the our first soffit for the vent and piping they laid out due to the Hot water heater mistake. That's not normally the size of the soffit they built when they finish your basment. When builting on that long, you need to block it to give it support in the middle which is not in this picture but was added later.


no this is not a window in the basement. It's the opening for the 120g in-wall reef tank. I wish I could make it bigger but the pipe setup behind the wall did not allow me to do so.

09.11.2005

The third wall was built with the correction to the problem created by #1 and #2 but atleast this would make the hall way straight so we took the bullet here on the bathroom. Because of this, the bathtub was not "fitted" correctly. We will have to adjust this but laying it even both sides or jamming it one side and laying the drywall all the way down the other side.



Our first door. It was a our Picaso. We measured it, cut the wood and dry fit it before we nailed it. I almost cried. Notice the blocking? We're still learning but we'll get the tricks down.