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Here's The Culprit - The Previous Owner Disconnected The Duct Work to The Living Room!
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Remember This Corner - It's Critical to the Project.
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We'll Reclaim Some Space Around The Sump Pump...
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... And Some Major Space Under The Storage Shelf.
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Most of The Gym Equipment Will Stay...
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... Including The Stepper.
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We'll Find a New Spot for the TV...
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... And The Litter Area Will Remain Unchanged.
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All This Stuff Had To Be Moved...
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... Up The Stairs To The...
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... Dining Room!
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The Contractors Were Able to GUT The Entire Basement in a Day!
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This is the Corner By The New Water Line.
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All The Old Insulation on The Walls Was Removed - Termite Food!
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The Ceiling Came Down As Well.
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To Get Heat Into The Living Room There Had to be Some Major Changes to the Duct Work.
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It Looks Dusty in There!
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We Built a Shelf Above The Concrete Foundation...
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... The TV Will Go Under The Stairs.
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We're Gaining TONS of Space That Was Previously Lost to Hide the Drain Pipe.
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It Looks Like We're Ready...
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... For Them To Begin...
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... Putting It All...
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... Back Together!!
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We Also Removed the Box Around the Sump Pump.
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The New Insulation Went Up, And...
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... The Changes to the Duct Work. The Tube on the Left is From the Existing Vent; The One on the Right Will Come Through the Garage!!
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The New Tube Will Connect Here, While the Old One Will...
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... Run to the Far Wall By The Windows.
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They Had to Build a Sofet For The Duct Work & Do Some Fancy Curving.
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The Sump Pump Will Be Open (For Now). Recall Sphinx Was Urinating Over Here.
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The Construction Phase Was MUCH Slower Than The Demolition Phase!!
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The Previous Owner Disconnected The Waterline to the Outside Faucet - We're Getting That Back as Well!
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This is the Box Built Around the Old Duct Work to Make The Turn Into The Ceiling.
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The Wallpaper Was Stripped From the Stairway. Let's Go Take a Look @ The Garage.
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The Board is Covering The Access Hole to the Basement for the New Duct Work.
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This Corner Had Been For My Tool Chest & Storage.
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We're Going to Lose Space Above & Along The Wall to the Left.
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My Side of the Garage Was Unusable for Months!
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I Missed a Photo of the Ductwork Entering the Basement Before It Was Insulated.
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This Turned Out to be Much More Complex Than I Envisioned.
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Hard @ Work, Preparing to...
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... Connect to the New Hole to the Furnace - WOW, What a Project!
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I Don't Recall Why the Exit From the Furnace Had to Be So Deep - Looks Like Overkill! Note the New Wire for the Breaker Box in the Basement.
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Quite a Project to Connect a Single Duct in the Basement to Provide Heat to the Living Room!
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Looks Like I Need a New Spot For My Tool Chest!
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We Lost The Shelf Space & The Place Where the Stereo Speakers Mounted to the Wall in the Garage.
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We Had Speaker Wire Run for Surround Sound & Allowed for Mounting a TV in This Corner.
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You Can See The Size of the Sofet to Run the Duct Work to the Other Side of the Room.
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Nice New Shelf & Cubby-Hole for the TV. We Gained TONS of Floorspace. I Also Added a Circuit & Phone Line on this Wall For User as an Office.
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We Lost a Little Headroom to Make Room For Turning the Existing Duct into the Ceiling.
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This is Don - Wrist Deep in Drywall Mud.
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Multiple Coats of Mud Were Required.
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It's Starting to Look Like a Room Again.
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We Plan to Put a Door Over The Access to the Water Main Shutoff.
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The Floor is Going to be Painted Grey.
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We Had 9 New Circuits Run in the Basement & 1 New One to the Living Room for the Stereo & TV. The Previous Owner Had Everything on a SINGLE Circuit!!
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We've Got Enough Can Lights in the Ceiling to Fry Bacon on the Floor!
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Here's the New Panel in the Basement, And...
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... The Existing Panel in the Garage. This House Wasn't Built to Accomodate Our "Modern" Electrical Requirements!
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Looks Like We're Nearing Completion, At Least...
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... We're Able to Workout Again!