Enough fooling around with building soccer websites. Now that Major League Soccer season XI has started and the Rapids have lost their first game (getting blown out 5-2 by the San Jose Earthquakes-cum-Houston Dynamos)...
it's time to get back to the very serious business of creating a fun basement!
This past week and a half was filled with hot air. 44 bags of it, in fact. Insulation, R-13, primarily as a sound and fire break, but a few concrete walls needed to be convered and insulated as well. Not too bad, we used "encapsulated" insulation which isn't quite as itchy, and made sure to wear our masks as well.
All existing vapor barriers were removed to provide access for electrical, so we re-did 1500 square feet of that stuff.
And now? We've got a basement goin' on! What with a cleared out space (44 bags of insulation take a lot of room) and all the tools removed to the utility room, it's a big place with actual walls. Getting pretty cool, and sound is a little dampened already with the insulation.
Add cork to the floors and GP Hushboard to the ceilings and we won't be able to hear the cries and screams of children playing and getting hurt! Of course, with cork's resilience, we're hoping for fewer injuries...
Posted by BilFish at April 7, 2006 07:37 AM