Well, another one bites the dust- EA Engineering redid their website, and I have to say with no small bit of modesty that it looks about 1,000 times worse than the site I did for them 4 years ago.

Not a whole lot getting done on the basement this week. I got all but two of the stairs pulled up, and I got the tread faces sanded with 60 grit paper, but I need to finish-sand the others and then sand the bottoms. I’m going to use the old stair kickplates for the new treads, removing 1 layer of paint off the bottom, and use the old treads for the new kickplates. The old treads were just so destroyed from years of abuse, the edges were chewed off-then painted over. Taking layers of paint and varnish off the tops of the old treads was just so time consuming, and the treads were just so messed up, this seemed to be the best way to do things. I stained one tread last night and looked at it today, and it’s OK- there’s some discoloration at the edges, but the tone is relatively even and clean, and the wood is beautifully deep and rich in color.

I was also able to buy a 4′ wire shelf-that shelving you see in those ‘custom closet’ pictures, where it’s dipped in white vinyl. With brackets, arms, and shelf included, the whole thing was $10. You just can’t beat that. Now I have to do some work to find exactly where the studwork is and install it and the hanger pole on the right side of the closet. I’m also going to pick up the steel case for the A/V wiring today-it’s about $40-but I like the idea of keeping all the dust and crap out of the wiring bundle. Next I need to figure out how to wire up the DSL switch and mount it to the wall- it has no brackets or mounting hardware at all. Once the A/V cabinet is installed, I’m going to re-wire the phone line from the entry point at the basement door through to the closet. Currently it’s a mess, and dates back about 40 years.

Network Solutions just emailed me with the invoice for Duganfamily.net; I’m going to let it lapse, because I have noplace to host it, nor do I have the time to update it. So I’ll archive the pictures and dump the domain name, unless my pop wants to buy it.

God is broke. This is funny, and also a little creepy. Read the FAQ section.

Date posted: November 2, 2001 | Filed under house | Leave a Comment »

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