It has been a busy several months, and I am sincerely sorry for not updating the site… I know we have thousands of people hanging onto every word… waiting to find out what we’ve accomplished… …ok, maybe not thousands. Dozens? Probably not. Maybe a handful… But either way, I have finally decided to post an update… so here it goes!

We’ve pretty much finished the basement, except for some final touches. we put down laminate flooring and had carpet installed. We laid a subfloor in the bathroom, and then laid vinyl flooring in my workroom, the bathroom, and the laundry room.

We found the vinyl flooring fairly easy to install. To make it easier, we cut it to approximately the right size, and then carefully moved it into place. The final result turned out great!

The bathroom went together fairly painlessly… The corner shower was simple to install, the sink was easy, but the toilet was a bit of a pain. The closet flange installed by the plumber had an outer ring that could spin around the inner flange. Since the flange was set in concrete, we figured it wouldn’t be necessary to affix the outer flange to the concrete. Boy, were we wrong. Upon tightening the toilet down, we heard a loud snapping sound, and lifted the toilet to find that the outer ring had separated from the inner flange. We hammered it back on, and then went to Home Depot to get some concrete screws to hold it in place. Once that was done, all was good!

Aside from all of this, we have assembled my new desk, installed all the recessed lighting, finished off all the electrical, and done most of the trim work. We’ve also installed the suspended ceiling in the laundry room, and installed all of the doors but one. We are so close to complete, that we’ve even moved the TV and some chairs into the basement family room. I am now also using my basement office, having moved all my stuff downstairs.

I know there’s lots of little things left to do, but I’m in no rush to do them, since it’s summer and I need to save some projects for winter!

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