Beware of ALL Drop Ceilings

So, for the last two months, Nick and I have been working on the basement. We put carpet in last year, and one of us wanted to get rid of the old, haggard drop ceiling, and the other (not to mention any names!) wanted to keep it. We kept it....until we discovered what was hiding up there. Let's just say that when a house sits empty for two winters in a row, drop ceilings are where all the creepy, crawly things in the country go to live...and die. Are you disgusted yet?

While I was in MN over the 4th of July, Nick and his brother took all of the tiles out, but it wasn't until this last week when Nick bought a new weight set and wanted to put it in the basement that we decided it was time to finish the project and begin taking down the framing and the insulation that was in the floor joists...another completely disgusting task. After Nick and I attached each of the lights to the floor joists themselves, I worked on taking apart the frame while Nick removed the insulation the first night. We didn't get it all done that night, and even though I wore a mask while down there, it was decided that Nick would have his friends help finish the task...and they would all wear masks too...that was the level of disgusting we're talking about here. We'll never look at another drop ceiling the same way again!

Anyway, happy day, happy day! The carpet cleaner is coming today. The basement carpet is getting disinfected, and it will soon be usable once again! Here are a few pix of us digging in and getting the work done.