2010 - the year Larry built an entire apartment in our basement. He started out moving the existing lights in the garage and framing some of the walls. Then he wired for the apartment. He worked on plumbing next and then more framing. You may recall that I posted some photos when it was framed.
Insulation was next with special emphasis given to sound deadening. That wasn't easy with the kind of joists we have holding up our main floor. In order to add to the sound dampening he also put in two layers of sheetrock on the apartment ceiling with a small gap between them. It added to the cost but hopefully will pay off in keeping good tenants. Then he added the sheetrock to the walls and then taped and textured the walls. The painting, then flooring, then trim, appliances, countertops, window trim, etc, etc, etc.
Writing this all out makes for a short list but everything takes time - more than it would seem up front. Larry worked very hard for many months. Before he had it fully sheetrock, Laura and Ben found a renter. That increased the pace so the last 6 weeks or so Larry was working really hard on it. He finished the week-end before Thanksgiving, the day before her move-in date.
I'm very proud of him. All the while he was working on the apartment I was outside working in the garden or yard. This didn't contribute to the apartment at all but did contribute to the Okra and Peppers he wanted. :-)
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