I should win Brother-In-Law of the Year!!

Wobbie

first, I was Uncle of the Year:

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now, I'm helping those kids' dad. kitchen is demo'd; carpet is ripped out; garage is full of crap. this house may look like a hovel but it's actually pretty nice. pay $250K and start ripping! oh yeah...we'll now have to MOVE the playset.













scary plumbing wall :shock:





nice flourescents, huh?







lovely, asbestos laden flooring :shock:



there will be paint, new carpet, hardwood and a whole new kitchen. and, oh yeah, a bar in the basement

81

Pimp

Kilgore_Trout

be sure to post the after pics... looks like a good amount of space

i can't wait til i have my own place to fix up

Who Princess

Glad to see you didn't try something completely ridiculous like remodeling the ENTIRE HOUSE all at once. So much less stressful just to work on one room at a time. :P

Wobbie

whoprincess wrote:

Glad to see you didn't try something completely ridiculous like remodeling the ENTIRE HOUSE all at once. So much less stressful just to work on one room at a time. :P

it is? :?
there are four more torn up bedrooms that I didn't even photo...

81

let me know if you need a hand. i'll give dc a call and send him over.

Jukee

Can you come to my house? My husband gutted our basement in August 2009 and it's still not finished :shock:

unlost dogs

Well I am impressed.

pandora

awesome! Remodeling/ decorating is the most gratifying thing.
When its all done just sit back and enjoy the payback... a lovely new space

We did a rec room when we were young in WI...love basements...JB made a bar too
Got to have a bar!

Yes sooo waiting for the after pics...as I'm sure you are!

you are a good man Charlie Brown

Who Princess

imalive wrote:

whoprincess wrote:

Glad to see you didn't try something completely ridiculous like remodeling the ENTIRE HOUSE all at once. So much less stressful just to work on one room at a time. :P

it is? :?
there are four more torn up bedrooms that I didn't even photo...

Dude, you have my admiration for remodeling on ANY scale. :thumbup:
We remodeled both bathrooms in our first house and it was insane. After finishing them my prince offered to start on the kitchen (which really needed it) but I vetoed that one. I don't think our marriage would have survived.
When we bought our 2nd house we made sure we found one that we liked just the way it was.

dcfaithful

81 wrote:

let me know if you need a hand. i'll give dc a call and send him over.

I'm afraid that he'd spend more time teaching me how to do shit. I could never accomplish something like this on my own.

Brother-in-law of the year indeed!

Seriously though, I can provide some helping services. Call me if you need someone to give you cold beers while you're working. :P

Wobbie

a garage full of shit



the wainscot paneling was glued to the wall, so we just took out sheetrock and all



did I mention my two helpers? a 4 year old nephew who likes to whack just about anything with a hammer and a two year old niece who sings to herself. this is their day care

Wobbie

three weeks later...not moving as fast as I had hoped, but we ARE making progress. three weeks of dealing with mold, asbestos, various critter poop and lots of dust. a dozen new can lights installed; a lot of new electric, 1000 ft of coax ran; 600 ft of cat 5. the plumbing is cleaned up. today, some real sheetrockers are there to patch and mud all the holes and missing drywall. when they leave, we can paint, lay the hardwood and trim everything out. then, the kitchen guy can do his thing and hopefully it will be move-in ready by the first of May. hopefully...... :roll:

81

soooo, you wanna move to chicago for 6 months?

dcfaithful

I'm kind of hungry, can you come cook me lunch too Rob?

Wobbie

sheetrockers are doing their thing. I showed one of them a really bad area and he said "I'll make it perfect....that's what I do" we'll see.... :shifty:

this used to be a panelled room. no more.






god, how I was hoping I could talk the brother in law into trashing the swamp cooler in the kitchen window. it's really going to "pop" against the cherry cabinets

mickeyrat

wait, you havent wired for surround sound before the drywallers get in there?

Wobbie

mickeyrat wrote:

wait, you havent wired for surround sound before the drywallers get in there?

oh shit :shock:

mookeywrench

Very impressive. But just like your Uncle-of-the-year award, you've been DQ'd.

I see it didn't take you very long to forget about the wedding.


Exhibit B:

Wobbie

mookeywrench wrote:

Very impressive. But just like your Uncle-of-the-year award, you've been DQ'd.

I see it didn't take you very long to forget about the wedding.


Exhibit B:

look...they had an open bar and I overindulged a little. Like it's never happened to you :roll:

tinkerbell

I would love to have a brother in law like you!! Are you a builder?

Wobbie

tinkerbell wrote:

I would love to have a brother in law like you!! Are you a builder?

kinda. sorta. in an earlier life.

Given to...

Looks like enough room for at least a one lane bowling alley!

Wobbie

Given to... wrote:

Looks like enough room for at least a one lane bowling alley!

yeah...that basement room is 39 feet long :shock:

Wobbie

sheetrockers are gone. they fixed the 10,000 or so holes we put in the walls :shock: . we even got a wall painted last night . paint will take awhile, but after that it's on to hardwood. I had a nightmare the other night that we just totally fucked that up!

Lizard

nice work!

norm

man could you hurry up already and finish so you can start on my place! :P

tinkerbell

Nice work!

mickeyrat

I dont see the theater and in wall/ceiling surround rough in?

Who Princess

Sheetrock looks good (as if I'd know). I take it you removed all the asbestos and lead paint?

PJ_ROCKS

Looks good.

Now i know why i didn't get a reply, when i asked you about opening day of baseball. Here i thought it was because the DODGERS won three of four games against the GIANTS. :silent: