I'm freaking BEAT

[Fastbird]

And it's not over.

Yesterday was spent finish mudding and sanding, then primering in the evening.

Today has been spent painting the ceiling. Went through almost 4 gallons of Behr Latex Flat ceiling paint. It's DONE though, the ceiling at least.

Tomorrow is going to entail as much as I can get done from about 0700 until I have to go to job #2 (Gov't holiday at least)......There's a 30 foot wall, a 40 foot wall, and a whole host of other smaller walls.

I have tuesday night off from Auto Zone, so it'll be spent finishing the painting.

Tuesday night, Wednesday and Thurdsay nights (after 2130 when I get home from a day at BOTH jobs all day) will be spent removing the old carpet, which will SUCK because whoever had it put in freaking GLUED the old pad to the cement. :(

Friday the new carpet goes in on top of new 8# pads. It's a Mohawk Frieze, sandy color with color flecks. Not my top choice, but it wears well and hides stains like nothing else (cats).

Saturday we're moving the entertainment center stuff down and arranging all the furniture, and have to take our main couch downstairs until we can afford a new or slightly used sectional.

Got a KILLER deal though on a mini-fridge for the workout corner of the basement. It was at Home Depot, a little 4.0 cubic foot Magic Chef with a stainless front. Retail was $169. This one was sitting out, had a dent on the lower rear, a pretty good one. Tag said $110. Plus 10% military, got it for $100. Dent will NEVER be seen because we put a cutout in the wall and a platform for this little fridge and will trim around it.

Pics forthcoming sometime this week, before, progress, after. Biggest hurdle during the carpet install will be moving the 8' one inch slate pool table.

I'm dead. Got a card game to go to now. Have some brews and hopefully win some money.

[IronOutlaw]

Ha, sounds like my week minus the military job and autozone.
we got a trade on a house and we had to go through and repaint the whole thing and patch all the walls.

[Camaro_94]

Yeah, you got a pretty busy week ahead of you. :laugh:

Good luck, and hopefully everything goes as smoothly as possible for you!!

[phantomzer0]

Don't kill yourself!

[SoulReaver]

Good luck man!

[TCGiRL220]

Geez sounds like alot of work! Nice deal on the fridge! BTW I like your guys' new administrator background thingies :cool:

[Cyanydem28]

Damn fastbird, dont kill yourself.

Cool admin back grounds. Are we goin to get any?

[phantomzer0]

Damn fastbird, dont kill yourself.

Cool admin back grounds. Are we goin to get any?
Naa, Soul and I put them up just for the admins. We want to make sure everyone knows who we are. It's just an easy way to ensure that new reg's can identify us in case they have a problem.

Plus, they look bad-ass. :devil:

You guys can get them if you guys ever become admins..... :face_shocked: :cool:

[Cyanydem28]

Naa, Soul and I put them up just for the admins. We want to make sure everyone knows who we are. It's just an easy way to ensure that new reg's can identify us in case they have a problem.

Plus, they look bad-ass. :devil:

You guys can get them if you guys ever become admins..... :face_shocked: :cool:


Oh I will become one.:jest:

Ya, they look badass

[Fastbird]

Ok, so I took second in the card game last night, only due to a STUPID mistake on my part. I didn't recognize the potential straight on the table and was holding kings over jacks. I'd been eating away at the only other player left for quite some time and was up on chips. I went all in, and he says "well, I know what you're representing, and I know what I have, so I'll bite." I looked at the cards and went "SONOFA!!!!"

Table was showing K J 10 8 7.......I didn't pick up on the stright at all. I tossed my two pair, he came out with the nine. Still walked with money though.

Today, up at 0830 (late dang it), just finished my first coat on the side walls after a solid three hours. Going to go back and do one more coat here in about another 15-20 minutes. It's big enough that I can do the same paint pattern a second time and everything will be dry by the time I get to it.

Teaser pic attached. Ceiling is Behr Ultra White Flat Ceiling Paint, walls are Behr base satin and color is Arabian Sands.

[ksmyss]

looks good.

i hate drywall. hanging isn't too bad but the sand and finish sucks. im getting ready to do my 3 car garage and i'm not loking forward to it at all. the painting is going to be just as bad too. 11' 6" tall ceilings are gona suck.

[TCGiRL220]

looks nice... that's about the same color that's in my living room

[Fastbird]

Second and final coat done. Just have to edge, touch up some spots where I hit the ceiling, and get the carpet ripped out.

[gwoodtitansz28]

i fucking hate all that kind of work. just did my living room today. did my mom's whole doctor office once. it sucked. we kept running into more and more work that wasnt on the bid and ended up not making very much money cuz materials cost more than we projected. sucked and took forever.

[Fastbird]

I'm finding that I actually enjoy seeing the end result of all the work on my basement. I'm actually fully convinced that if I didn't have the cars, I'd be doing home improvement stuff all the time.

[YZF]

I dont know if I have the patience to finish a project like this. Props to you.

[Fastbird]

I dont know if I have the patience to finish a project like this. Props to you.

It was a lesson in patience. The basement was half done since May of 07. With the kid on the way I found it as a now or never type of thing.

[SSSC]

It was a lesson in patience. The basement was half done since May of 07. With the kid on the way I found it as a now or never type of thing.
Got to laugh at you on that one.All i can say is never a dull moment:laugh:

[AChotrod]

Damn dude Im the Manager of Luna Flooring Gallery. I could have hooked you up crazy on the carpet as long as your not too far from Chicago.I sell all brands of carpet and Mohawk is always what I recomend.
Oh well next time just hit me up!! Im sure you see our commercials all the time!!! That also goes for anyone else in the area looking for flooring!!!!

BTW Fast everything is looking great!!! I also like working on the house when Im not doing something to the car. Just recently I painted one accent wall in my MBR with a some extra paint my GF had leftover, I liked it so much I redid the entire first floor, bought all new furn and 2 flat screens to make the rooms complete. LOL! Once you start its hard to stop!!

[TCGiRL220]

Got to laugh at you on that one.All i can say is never a dull moment:laugh:

yeah sorry about that :laugh:

[Fastbird]

Damn dude Im the Manager of Luna Flooring Gallery. I could have hooked you up crazy on the carpet as long as your not too far from Chicago.I sell all brands of carpet and Mohawk is always what I recomend.
Oh well next time just hit me up!! Im sure you see our commercials all the time!!! That also goes for anyone else in the area looking for flooring!!!!

BTW Fast everything is looking great!!! I also like working on the house when Im not doing something to the car. Just recently I painted one accent wall in my MBR with a some extra paint my GF had leftover, I liked it so much I redid the entire first floor, bought all new furn and 2 flat screens to make the rooms complete. LOL! Once you start its hard to stop!!

About four hours south of Chi-Town or else I'd hit you up as I need to recarpet the rest of the house.

Sadly, I have a feeling I'm going to HATE the carpet going in (Frieze). I'm much more of a cut pile type of person.

[ksmyss]

It was a lesson in patience. The basement was half done since May of 07. With the kid on the way I found it as a now or never type of thing.

yeah get it done now because it will be a while before you get much free time LOL . my son is 18 mos and i'm finally getting time to get stuff done since he can go run around and play on his own. most of the time hes trying to steal my tools or he brings his lil kids craftsman box over and trys to help LOL

[Fastbird]

most of the time hes trying to steal my tools or he brings his lil kids craftsman box over and trys to help LOL

Sweet! Can't wait for that kind of thing.

[KissMyWhtSS]

I paid about that for my mini fridge. I can't remember if it's 3.4cf or 4.3cf though.

[Toronto_LT1]

good stuff! looks like things are coming along nicely for you.just don't kill yourself.sit back,have a couple of brewskies and relax.it'll all get done in time.

[AChotrod]

Yeah thats alittle far for us. But you will prob be happy with the frieze. 99% are it just takes alittle getting use to and looks alot less shaggy when its installed. It also wears better because it has a tighter twist than a texture/plush and springs back longer. Only thing is on stairs and heavy traffic areas it shows layover(matting down) but comes back up after you vacuum.
Anyways its a smart choice for most people and Im sure your wife loves how stylish it is!LOL!

[1hottcamaro]

Looks good! It takes time but once its done, it deff. pays off..

and good choice doin it now b4 your kid is born, you deff. wont have much free time for a while to do projects!

[IronOutlaw]

I'm finding that I actually enjoy seeing the end result of all the work on my basement. I'm actually fully convinced that if I didn't have the cars, I'd be doing home improvement stuff all the time.

I agree 100%, thats why I love doing constuction for a living, but with the economy the way it is, and the whole northeast side of GA having enough houses sitting to last for 5 years, I gotta look into doing something different.

[Fastbird]

Well, Carpet is ripped up save for the closet and stairs, and the pad that was half GLUED to the foundation is also about 80% up. I freaking STABBED my index finger on a staple when I started ripping the carpet off the stairs so I took that as a hint to take a break.

[SSSC]

Well, Carpet is ripped up save for the closet and stairs, and the pad that was half GLUED to the foundation is also about 80% up. I freaking STABBED my index finger on a staple when I started ripping the carpet off the stairs so I took that as a hint to take a break.
Ouch.

[Fastbird]

I actually didn't think it was that bad. Looked, little drop of blood, no biggie. Grabbed the pliers, went back to work. Thirty seconds the pliers slipped out of my hand. I was like WTF?!?! Looked down and my hand was just smeared in red. :D

[Fastbird]

Ugh.....ALL carpet is out, only pad is left on the stairs now. Going to finish it off tomorrow night after a 14 hour day between the two jobs (0730-1630 and 1700-2130 straight from one to the other).

I HATE pulling all the damn staples on stairway padding.

[sinistr]

Sadly, I have a feeling I'm going to HATE the carpet going in (Frieze). I'm much more of a cut pile type of person.


:sweatdrop:

[Fastbird]

So I just totally plundered the ATM downstairs from my work. Seven transactions for $300 each........Let me say that I'm NOT Looking forward to walking around with $2100 in my pocket until I get home tonight. Going to stick it in the save at AutoZone tonight while I'm there just to be safe.

[AChotrod]

LOL! Stairs are the fucking worst!!!!! Before I got into sales thats all I did was deliver the new flooring and rip out the old. Ive been stabbed by those staples so many times I cant even begin to count, probably gallons of bloods Ive lost over the years. Whats worse is when you kneel on one!

[Fastbird]

Whats worse is when you kneel on one!

Want no part of that. I made sure I wore shoes and watched wherever I sat or kneeled very carefully. I screwed up while I was cleaning the back room a few weeks ago and stepped on a board w/a nail, driving it into my heel to the bone. No fun there.

[AChotrod]

Ouch! Been done that road b4 too. It wasnt fun!

[Fastbird]

Killer! Got home from the AZ today and my 3 month pregnant wife had done the stairs! All I have to do is sweep, and load what's left in the truck for disposal! I may be able to relax late tomorrow night.

[ksmyss]

we have taller carpet up stairs. not sure what its called but its taller than normal stuff but not shag. its a pain in the ass to vacume i'll tell you that. but it looks great and is soft.

downstairs there is burber(sp) and i don't like it. i guess its ok for a game room/ extra living room but once we finish the rest of the basement i'm tempted to go a different route.

our house was a display so we didn't have any input on that stuff.