While working on Saturday we started to hear a marching band coming closer to the house. We had forgetten about the 125th anniversity of the borough we live in. Which is kind of funny considering our house is one of the first houses build in the borough. All the fire & rescue from the surrounding areas had a truck, car, motorcycle, or boat in the parade. So we took a quick break to see some of it (plus you can imagine it was quite load with all the sirens going off). It stopped raining a bit at that point which was good.

While the boys were putting up the last rafter I put up the last ceiling light & wired the rest of the plugs in the laundry room.

The boys taking a second to look over their work.

All the drywall got finshed up that day too.

Towards Front of the House

View to the back of the House

Today while Jeff was catching the Phillies/Orioles game, Gregg & I spackled the rest of the laundry room. S0 we now have a full first coat on the walls. Hopefully we can sand & get a second coat up before the weekend.

Towards Front of the House

View to the back of the House

During the work week each of us came home and worked a little bit. Some of use put up the last of our first batch of drywall, some did spackle, some finish running the electric cables to the amp box. It was just a little here & there but hopefully that will continue to get us closer & closer to being done by the 4th which is our personal goal right now.

Start of the spackle

More spackle this stuff is going to be everywhere

Day 3 (Sunday) & Day 4 (Monday)

These 2 days we seemed to make the best head way to our final goal. Jeff was gone most of Sunday babysitting but we actually finished the drain pipe which didn’t take as long as we thought. I think we spent more time getting the pipe to the the spot where it had to go though the basement steps then we did to actually connect the drain to the main pipe.

Day 3:

A little blue stuff

Drain Pipe under the floor though the rocks

Drain pipe by the Numbers

When Jeff did get back home he helped us put the air pipe up though the roof.

Day 4: While I was away at work Jeff & Gregg put up more rafters & some drywall.

Rafters

Drywall on part of the ceiling

Drywall behind the washer & dryer

Then I get home

To put up a few more lights

More Drywall by Jeff & Gregg

Day 1 (Friday) & 2 (Saturday) was spent getting water & making holes, putting pipes together under the floor. Gregg & Jeff started work on Friday & I chipped in starting on Saturday. We made a huge trip to Lowe’s on Saturday to get more pipe, flooring, & even a few pieces of drywall should we get that far.

Gregg in the hole with the pipe

Another Hole

How Many Holes can you Make in one floor?

Long Hole for the Drain Pipe to get closer to the Basement

Congrats to my friend who just got married June 6th! So while I was away the boys did a little work on the laundry room. They started the plumbing for the washer & sink. We still need to put in the drain pipe & a vent to the roof.

Pumbing

Some of the blue stuff, plus a sink hook up

Gregg even got the dryer vent cut.

Dryer hole

Dryer Vent

This hose hook up will be nice since right now we only have one that is up in the front of the house on the side. They would have had the pipes running to the washer hook up but they didn’t get enough easy connectors. Another trip to Lowe’s, where does all my money go?

Washer Hook ups

Hose Hook up for outside