Abbey almost makes up for having to put up with Jim

[ConHog]

LOL!

Been drinking OJ to combat my sickies but am gonna have to up it a bit. I think we're doing a floor today ... maybe. We finally got the ceiling and pipes all painted last week.

You're painting plumbing?

[Jess]

You're painting plumbing?

It's a 100 year old house.

We tore up the floors, the plaster off the brick walls and the lathe (sp?) and plaster ceilings. Ray and Gunny put drywall up on the ceiling, got a concrete floor put in, we painted the ceiling and the exposed pipes that are just below the ceiling. It looks pretty good. Oh, and Gunny ran new electrical in there since the old stuff was ... well, old and there needed to be quite a few more outlets put in.

Next step is to put a protective coating on the floor, as it is going to be his personal workshop.

[CSM]

It's a 100 year old house.

We tore up the floors, the plaster off the brick walls and the lathe (sp?) and plaster ceilings. Ray and Gunny put drywall up on the ceiling, got a concrete floor put in, we painted the ceiling and the exposed pipes that are just below the ceiling. It looks pretty good. Oh, and Gunny ran new electrical in there since the old stuff was ... well, old and there needed to be quite a few more outlets put in.

Next step is to put a protective coating on the floor, as it is going to be his personal workshop.

Gunny gets a personal workshop??? Dang it, I want one too!

[Jess]

Gunny gets a personal workshop??? Dang it, I want one too!

Sorry - that was rambling. RAY gets his own personal workshop. He'd definitely let you come over though.


I've taken some pictures as we've gone along. Maybe I'll post some when we get done. It's been a lot of work but turned out really nice.

[ConHog]

It's a 100 year old house.

We tore up the floors, the plaster off the brick walls and the lathe (sp?) and plaster ceilings. Ray and Gunny put drywall up on the ceiling, got a concrete floor put in, we painted the ceiling and the exposed pipes that are just below the ceiling. It looks pretty good. Oh, and Gunny ran new electrical in there since the old stuff was ... well, old and there needed to be quite a few more outlets put in.

Next step is to put a protective coating on the floor, as it is going to be his personal workshop.

I wasn't considering the possibility of exposed plumbing, which I actually think can look pretty cool in the right building.

[Jess]

I wasn't considering the possibility of exposed plumbing, which I actually think can look pretty cool in the right building.

This is function over form but still looks pretty good.

A lot of these old houses have hardwood floors - used for having dances- in their basements. Really pretty cool but this one had had termites and the floor was eaten up.

These homes also used to be heated with coal. Gunny and I ended up utterly filthy when we pulled all the ceiling down during the summer. Ugh!