Videos of wall being knocked out

On to the fun part of renovating:

Electrical begins...

Onto mounting electrical outlets and switches...

Home Theater Wall

So for the home theatre wall we'd like to install french doors opening outward. We'd like to enclose the area for a few reasons: Firstly, for privacy from the rest of the basement, Secondly, to stop sound from travelling throughout the house when we're watching movies, thirdly, so we can maintain a specific level of lighting without affecting other areas of the basement.


Before: Existing door to this side of the basementAngle from further away
Opposite angle, after existing door has been removed
Begining of frame work. Building of secure framing under the ducts

bracing the cripple stud before nailing it into place
framing of wall complete, pic from inside the room looking out
pic from outside the room looking in

Boys over for a lil coax run

Got the boys over on the weekend of Jan 28th to help run the coax cables for satellite.

G... with his infinite wisdom and technical expertise had the wires in fairly fast... we spent more time trying to fix an old cable connection than running the new wires. His big hands came in handy. i dont like the way you're holding that drill bit though.

Hero... lended a helpful hand with his 7 foot height and skinny fingers... ok fine i shouldnt say anything, he knows more about satellite than i do

Busy with the Basement, not so busy with the blog

Framing is now complete....wooo hooo!!

The Home Theatre room has been framed with room for french doors. Pics to come soon.

Now on to electrical and boxing the soffits...