This Phat Crib

Last night Tony (check out his website) and I worked on more flood recovery. Tony is a swell guy he took his whole evening, litterally from the time we got off work til 10 pm to help me out with my basement. First we grabbed some dinner, then we went and moved the last of the shelving units so the carpet under them could dry. Then we knocked out the moldy mildewed nasty floppy blackend sheetrock that lived under the stairs, measured it, and went off to get a replacement. The Lowes didn't have the nut I needed to fix my shopvac (the nut that holds the filter in place) so we had to go all the way to the other side of town to Sears. Now we head back to the house. While I run around looking for tools Tony sucks up all the crap stuck to the gypsum board and starts breaking it up for removal. I haul it out, he pulls nails. He also vacuumed all the crap off the back side of the stairs. What a guy.

Then comes the funny part. We are trying to get this really floppy 8' long 3'wide piece of masonite under the stairs and whatnot but it quickly becomes obvious that the last one was installed prior to the closet's outside wall. We eventually give up, and drag the thing back out of the basement into the garage where I demonstrate my found tools and circular saw skills. I rock with a circular saw for those who were wondering. I used two metal closet rods to hold the masonite off the floor....and zipped the thing in half. Back down we go.. We are trying to fit the top one when it becomes apparent we need a notch to go around a board. Tony was getting ready to pull it out, I was getting tired and goofy, so I just popped it into place, breaking out a random chunk of masonite. A few screws and that is in place. Now for the lower board...Similar problem but this time we nibble the notch out with a pair of pliers rather than just breaking it out. Half a dozen more screws and we are done! Well except for more vacuuming. Lots of giggling and me pointing out that I had to go into IT because I do my best work on my back, but I am not cute enough for other careers where you work on your back. I said this whilst laying on my back with my head under the low end of the stairs screwing the masonite to the stairs. It was good for a giggle. I also decided Tony needs a home improvement show, like This Old House...but hipper.