Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Carpet installed and Giant TV added

Well. It's all done. Apart from some additional work in the A/V room to complete, the theater room itself is all done. Still might want to get some new furniture for the room, but besides that...

Here's a look at all sides of the room.


Ended up getting a 75" 4K Sony. Very nice.



Carpet is so cushy it's nice just laying on the floor, but I'll probably end up getting some kind of sectional that's easy to fit downstairs and tweak the configuration to the space.

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Concrete Fixing

When they poured the foundation, they must have poured additional cement because the 2x4 walls in the basement around the stairs are sunken into the concrete. So, when I cut back the stair wall it left a section that needed filling in. Also the concrete around the existing door opening wasn't completely level. So enters the purchase of a demolition hammer. Renting one apparently costs around $100, but I found a highly rated one on Amazon for just $150. I decided it was worth a shot. Turned out to be a good bet and I was highly impressed it worked so well.
The before. Can see where the 2x4 wall was, but not really the bump.

After the chiseling away with the demo hammer.

Concrete poured and all flat!