Standiford Family

Boy am I glad I contracted out the finishing of the drywall to C & S Drywall, Inc.! First of all Barry showed up 30 to 45 minutes early which is amazing for a contractor. Then he started his magic with the fancy tools. Like I always say, “It’s all about the [...]

As I was leaving work today I saw my electrician contact and he said he would be able to come over this week and install the new sub panel. That was the first piece of good news. Later I received a phone call from the drywall finisher and he is starting tomorrow. [...]

Oh Yeah! Today around 12:30pm I put on the very last piece of drywall. It was a tiny little piece on the inside of the game closet and boy did I let out a holler when it was done. I was so happy to have that part of this project completed. [...]

I got out of .NET training early today so I was able to come home and get some dry walling done before Kelly had to leave for Crop night.  I got almost the entire game closet dry walled.  I only have a couple of small strips left to call it completely finished.

Only a few more pieces of [...]

One month into the project and I would say if there were a few less interruptions (but that’s life) and a few less home repairs along the way, this might be close to a finished project. Oh well I think it is going pretty well.
I came home for lunch today and did some electrical [...]

Long time no update, sorry about that!  I have been doing some work but I have been bad about posting my updates.  Actually the work has seemed kind of slow as well.  I finally got the existing network, phone, and satellite wiring reworked and put into it’s new place so that I could drywall the [...]

Another day, another helping hand from Dad. Dad came over and we went and picked up eleven more sheets of drywall along with some other things from Menard’s. We came back and hung a couple of small pieces before I realized that I was out of drywall screws. I thought for sure I [...]

Did lots of prep work on the closet wall to get it ready for drywall, hung two sheets of drywall, then started prep work on the wall separating the laundry room and the new office. I only have a one and half more studs to nail in but I had to quit so the [...]

I finally found a lid for the sump pump basin today at the Menard’s South of town. I had to modify it a little bit to get it to fit but it looks good. I also used plastic ties to attach the drain pipes and cords to make the installation look more professional.
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Well today started out like any other day until I came downstairs to check my email before going to work. It was then that I discovered that the basement was flooded (part of the basement) and the sump pump was just sitting there stuck at the top with water just pouring over the basin. [...]