The Project Blog

Well, it’s been a month since any work has gone on in the basement.  Between a family vacation, a house warming, and the last couple of weeks being obsessed with putting together a parts list for a 75 gallon saltwater aquarium,  I’ve not given the basement much thought since the waterproofing.  So this past week rolls by and with heavy remodeling going on at the office, I guess it rubbed off on me.  So we loaded up the fam for a sunday morning excursion to walmart and lowe’s for misc food,  and construction supplies!

I ended up getting 40 92.some-odd-inch 2×4’s, 6 treated 10ft 2×4s (what is that crap they put on it anyway other than easter egg dye?) for the floor, and 5 untreated 10ft 2×4s… Why I thought I needed 5 of one and 6 of the other I’ll chalk up to a brain fart..

I also bought a 5lb box of framing nails then realized “I must know someone that has an air nailer” and I tracked one down.  Tracking down the right nails to load into it was an adventure, but I got a 500 count, so I’m good to go.  Throw in a 10% off coupon, and all in all not a bad take for about $150.

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… when you can work on two at once?

I finished up applying drylok to the theater room and went ahead and moved over to the 2nd room on my list: The Bar.  We intend for a small bar, sink, fridge, snack rack, and popcorn machine.  Naturally this room comes after the theater room, no reason to be putting the cart in front of the horse.

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… keep that drylok rollin….

Got some more time for the basement over the long holiday weekend. I managed to get the theater room all sealed up and part of the room next to it beings I was on a roll… pardon the pun. More on that in the next post.

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I spent a little time with a 5 gallon vat of dry-lok, a 3/4inch nap roller, and a stray bird that decided to fly into the open basement window this weekend. The end result is one wall has been waterproofed! I’m going to have to go grab a can of Killz or something for the metal braces that are left in the wall from construction because as you can see in the pic, dry-lok doesn’t get along with them all that well.

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Here’s a few shots of what I’ve got as a starting point for our theater room. The room is approx 9 feet wide by 36 feet long. My intention is for roughly a 100-inch screen with 5-6 rows of recliner/loveseat/couch type seating. Click on a pick for a better view and detailed descriptions…

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Step one: Dry-Lok the foundation!