What’s your ceiling height at the beam and what will your final ceiling height be once the floor is in?
Scratched the idea of using the sub floor and went directly with a vapor barrier, foam pad and a floating laminate floor. I will leave the tiles were they are and just go right over it. I am going to finish sanding, do a little more mud today. The walls are roughly 75" and I would imagine the beam drops 5 or 6" down from that. I know it is too short for a drop ceiling.
good way to go on the floor. It’s cheap, really easy and looks great.
Yeah I bought cheapo stuff since it is in my basement. It was $.68 sq/ft or $.98 and I bought the better of the 2. its a cherry floor which I think is going to look really good down there.
Wow bro, that looks like its coming along quite nicely. :tup:
I think you have even motivated me to do my basement. So, when you’re done with yours, let me know when you can come over and do mine!
Or you could just come over and enjoy mine. It’s a lot less work on your part and it may or may not involve more beer drinking. :tup: We need to get together man, the last time I saw you was the fair and even that wasn’t planned.
It’s getting closer…Got all the primer and paint done yesterday. Leveled the floor so that today I can install the floor. I have put the breakers in, install the outlets and a few other things and it is almost done!
I decided to go with the Sabres throwback paint to give it the “mancaveness” haha
Love the sabres paint!
what did you use to level the floor with?
I like the look, but it seems pretty dark. But since you are making it a man cave, it’s perfect.
I don even remember what I used. It came in a small box. I just needed to fill an old floor drain and part of the concrete that was uneven from the drain tile. It is a bit darker , but I wanted it that way since it will be a a pool table and tv room.
Nice job so far for sure, work looks great, but I am not a hockey fan, so I can not get into your paint scheme…
Where did you buy your flooring. I’m interested in seeing how it looks.
I was hoping the wife was going to get SAbres silver for my non blue walls 
Oh well, my basement is much less man cave, and much more play room for the kids.
I HATE DRYWALL FINISHING… What I have learned is that the art is in the applilation of compound.
I could have literally saves 10 hours if I had a good feel for getting it right.
You need to get one of those little mouse electric sanders, they save a ridiculous amount of time.
If you are good at putting it on, there would be little sanding required.
The problem with mudding is everyone has watched a pro do it and said, “that looks easy, I’m sure I can do that” only to realize later there really is an art to doing it right.
it’s really not as hard as people make it sound, but it DOES take about 3 coats to get it right. It shouldn’t take much sanding at all, just a quick once over with the proper equipment.
I also takes the right tools. First coat should be done with a smaller mudding knife around 5-6 inches, second coat should be done with an 8-10 inch knife, 3rd coat should be with a 12-14 inch knife. Trying to do the whole job with 1 small knife is where most people go wrong. By the end, you should have nice wide mud lines that are 12 inches wide.
It takes a bit of time to get good at it. It’s not at all difficult work, just tediouse when you add more than you need to at each coat.
Working with the paper tape can be fun too.
paper tape is the worst…I prefer the sticky mesh stuff.
when going into buildings to check on progress and to make sure the contractors are installing everything right, ive watched some of the drywall guys work. for the most part, they only use 2 knifes, two large ones. one to hold the material, and the other to apply and scrape. after it dries, you can hardly feel where the mud is. alot of it they dont even bother sanding because its not needed. i also typically do not see them using any tape. this is in commerical hospitals/universities. i imagine the residental guys are the same way.
when the time comes where i am doing a drywall job, i plan to have a drywall guy come out and help me out to save the aggrivation. especially with the mud. luckily my friends dad does drywall. lol.
There is no way that they are not using tape. The seams would crack at the slightest touch without it.