Wow! I actually do have a few readers of my blog, and thanks to those of you who've prodded me to keep going.
After a brief delay last weekend, I finally got started on the basement this weekend, with the help of my mom. My brother J had a crazy weekend so he got to skip out, but that's okay. We have projects for him when he gets home. For those of you who know my dad, you'll understand why it's going to be a much easier process if he stays away until the basement is clean and ready for remodeling (long story short...he doesn't do well with "purging" items). We spent a good portion of the day on Saturday and about half of Sunday cleaning what will continue to be the "utility/storage" room. At this point, it's about 80% of the way to where it should be, and since I'm working an hour from home on Friday, I should be able to get a little work done that evening. Hopefully by Saturday I'll have that room as done as he can until a certain totally awesome little brother gets a few things done (installs the tray under the washing machine in the laundry room above, plumbs the drain from said tray, etc).
So far, I'm still on track to being done with the cleaning by mid-June (4 more weekends). If I can pull that off, I can get my building permit and we can start all of the "rough" work that needs to get done behind the scenes (extending the central vac PVC piping into the new room, running the necessary wiring for television, internet, and electricity, and getting the water into the bathroom). My goal is to have that all done so that the drywall can go in by the beginning of September.
So thanks to those of you who've pushed me so far. Once the clean-up is done, I'll start posting pictures throughout the remodel.
Have a great week!
