End of week 2 - rough-ins almost done

End of week 2 and wow... they have made some progress. They've destroyed the kitchen and are starting to put it back together... see there ->
They'll be finishing the walls and putting in a new hardwood floor... then I get to take over and install cabinets, and the countertops/appliances will be installed by who we buy them from.






Here is a look at the whole basement as it is. Notice there are some lights on.. those are the new recessed lights. Also, there is new electrical wiring.



Some more miscellaneous pictures showing the bathroom, the mini kitchen area and a built-in bookshelf:

basement update from week 2

Not much more demolition occurring, unless you call jackhammering out our concrete slab in the basement demolition.

The picture isn't that good, but they had to jackhammer out for all the plumbing for the new bath in the basement. Its pretty crazy, there is nothing but clay under there.

They've begun the wiring and roughing in of all the light fixtures. Not very picture-worthy, but exciting.

I'm beggining the process of ordering a studio door. Check out the "custom steel" door on this page: http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/products/doors/doors.asp

Also, we're planning out the kitchen cabinetry using Ikea's kitchen planner tool. It works great and generates a parts list to purchase very simply. Nice going Ikea, help me spend my money :)

The bathroom upstairs (oh yes, we're getting that done too) is gutted....

More later

day 7 of construction - destruction

I came home to a big whole in my yard!



They also started tearing up the kitchen (oh yeah, we're doing that too)...

basement, end of week 1

There were many interesting findings in the first week. We discovered that the framing behind the paneling was junk and had to be completely replaced. We discovered that the plumbing rough-ins we were going to use had to all be removed and replaced. And last, we discovered that all the electrical in the basement had to be re-done. None of that was in the plan. So, the overages have begun. All told, $7,500 in overages alone right now. Dang.

Oh well, on the flip side, most of the framing in the basement has now been done. We've got the special double-wall framed (some close-up photos included here). And the bathroom is completely framed. This is going to look nice.

Here are some photos after 1 week :


The stairwell is now open, yeah!















Looking out of the studio towards the control room


This is a new closet inside the control room that will contain the mixer and amps and computers.


This is looking into the new studio:




Here's a look at some of the double-wall construction:





And... last, never underestimate the power of a new bathroom. Here it is:

basement update

The basement renovation has started. First up, the demolition of the existing basement. Here are a few pics of the basement after one guy spent all day ripping out the paneling.