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More on remodeling
We finally got our stimulus check on Friday deposited in our checking account. Our goal is to save that since we are stimulating the economy enough with all the money we have been spending on our basement remodeling job (Home Depot is our new best friend). We also started talking about how we have paid everything off right away (so far), so we don’t have to worry about stop notices, liens, or anything like that. We have worked with several different contractors and suppliers for stuff, so this is very important. I have heard stories about people trying to buy a house and they find out there is a lien (or stop notice) on it. That has to be taken care of before the sale can go through. Each state differs in its rules regarding these, so make sure you do some research. In a crappy real estate market (and economy for that matter), you really don’t want to be messing around with something like this.
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The Basement Remodel: The Bathroom
Well, I haven’t updated with any pictures since framing just looks like framing. A lot of electrical work has been done too (by Bill and his brother), but you really can’t see that either. However, we started working on adding a bathroom today. Here’s what it looks like when you add a bath when you didn’t have one before:


Yes, you have to dig up the foundation and add a pit (and beyond that they lost me.) Let me tell you, it is super stinky when they do this too! At times today, I was already to pack up the Briggs and Riley luggage, and high tail it out of here. However, opening the windows helped somewhat. I keep trying to remind myself — this is all for a good cause. LOL
I also most forgot to tell you. We had to shut the gas off on Friday to move some piping. Well, when we went to relight the water heater, it wouldn’t! After messing with it for about an hour, we ended up at Home Depot and got a new one. That means, the only appliance we haven’t replaces since we moved in here is the refrigerator! Keep your fingers crossed on that one please. In a way, it is good that it died now. It was 21 years old, so it definitely was on its way out.






