Well, I enjoy construction/carpentry work as a hobby kinda. So, I decided to start yet another project. Since the family is growing and we are in desperate need of room to get these damn kids toys out from every room in our main living space I decided to gut the nasty finished basement we have. Make sure you stay tuned as I will be updating pics as I get through this project.
As you can see in the before pics, the basement is a nasty dark paneling. I took out the nasty insulated drop ceiling already. I am leaving the bathroom down there as is cause that is a project in itself. Seems as though someone before us at some point used this basement as a kitchen. The basement is sectioned off weird with freakin cupboards everywhere. The wet bar is going going gone...no use for it.
The during pics show that I took out everything with the exception of the bathroom walls and the wall sectioning off the furnace and the water heater. I need to straighten out the electrical, add electrical, network, and speaker. I plan on putting full surround in a section of the basement with HD and LCD flat panel. The walls are going to be top half drywall and bottom half t-111 wood. Everything is going to be insulated as well. The floor will be leveled off with floor level and finished with hard wood laminate. I will probably put the plan drawing too.
Anyways..here is what my winter and next 6ish months are going to consist of.
http://www.bnscoogan.com/Basement_Remodel.asp
As you can see in the before pics, the basement is a nasty dark paneling. I took out the nasty insulated drop ceiling already. I am leaving the bathroom down there as is cause that is a project in itself. Seems as though someone before us at some point used this basement as a kitchen. The basement is sectioned off weird with freakin cupboards everywhere. The wet bar is going going gone...no use for it.
The during pics show that I took out everything with the exception of the bathroom walls and the wall sectioning off the furnace and the water heater. I need to straighten out the electrical, add electrical, network, and speaker. I plan on putting full surround in a section of the basement with HD and LCD flat panel. The walls are going to be top half drywall and bottom half t-111 wood. Everything is going to be insulated as well. The floor will be leveled off with floor level and finished with hard wood laminate. I will probably put the plan drawing too.
Anyways..here is what my winter and next 6ish months are going to consist of.
http://www.bnscoogan.com/Basement_Remodel.asp
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I did the mudding and sanding myself...which if I were to drywall again I would sub that work out!!! I was too damn meticulous about it. I had more powerized joint compound on the floor from over-sanding than I had on the friggin walls. I was having flashbacks of working with bondo on my no so rust free Mustangs of the past!!:bored: 
