progress

Made some headway on the basement over the weekend and this morning. Got my second wall section up and ready to be straightened and nailed into the concrete. Before I can do the last segment of that wall though, I get to knock a hole in the existing wall at the bottom of the stairs and install a door. Since I’ve never put in a door before, this should really be an interesting project. But I have all the materials now, so after the door gets stained, I think I’ll try and get my friend Adam over to help with this first door.

Working on the basement has been a lot of fun and work so far. I’m learning a lot already, just really simple things, common sense stuff and problem solving, like how to build a wall around a heating duct. Solution, take out the duct and put it back in later, and make sure you don’t run a 2×4 stud through where you need to put it back in.

So on the way home tonight, time to stop and get a chalk line to make sure my wall is built in the exact right spot and grab some stain to get approved by the wife before staining tonight or tomorrow morning.