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I'll confess I'm putting this question here to boost the Fuse Box's stats more than because it belongs here, but here goes:
I bought a treadmill intending to put it in the unfinished basement because, you know, basements are cooler plus lots of empty space. A year later, I'm finally getting around to starting the basement-finishing process so I can get some electrical work done--all with the intention of moving the treadmill into the basement, but rationalizing that I might as well finish the basement sooner or later.
I schedule a framer, he comes out and measures and will start tomorrow morning and finish Saturday. I haul all the crap out of the basement and up the stairs so he has room to work. Including all my grandparents' stuff that I agreed to store to accommodate my mom and aunt's denial, but that's a whole 'nother story. So, the framer calls and cancels, hoping he can postpone for two weeks. Of course, I'm hosting Mother's Day dinner (anticipating I can haul all my stuff back downstairs Saturday night and Sunday morning--Grandma's stuff is going to goodwill 'cause I'm not sentimental like that). I don't feel good about just leaving stuff piled in the dining area for another two weeks and telling my family to deal and hang out in the yard all evening. (Grandma's stuff's piled ceiling high in the living room already which was really the only other free space.)
Last night, moving the last of the big items that I can manage myself, I discover an electrical outlet next to the furnace hidden by furniture since I moved in.
My question: if the framer cancels a second time in two weeks' time, do I just tell him to forget it altogether 'cause I already have my outlet? Or is having a finished basement worth the hassle?
I bought a treadmill intending to put it in the unfinished basement because, you know, basements are cooler plus lots of empty space. A year later, I'm finally getting around to starting the basement-finishing process so I can get some electrical work done--all with the intention of moving the treadmill into the basement, but rationalizing that I might as well finish the basement sooner or later.
I schedule a framer, he comes out and measures and will start tomorrow morning and finish Saturday. I haul all the crap out of the basement and up the stairs so he has room to work. Including all my grandparents' stuff that I agreed to store to accommodate my mom and aunt's denial, but that's a whole 'nother story. So, the framer calls and cancels, hoping he can postpone for two weeks. Of course, I'm hosting Mother's Day dinner (anticipating I can haul all my stuff back downstairs Saturday night and Sunday morning--Grandma's stuff is going to goodwill 'cause I'm not sentimental like that). I don't feel good about just leaving stuff piled in the dining area for another two weeks and telling my family to deal and hang out in the yard all evening. (Grandma's stuff's piled ceiling high in the living room already which was really the only other free space.)
Last night, moving the last of the big items that I can manage myself, I discover an electrical outlet next to the furnace hidden by furniture since I moved in.
My question: if the framer cancels a second time in two weeks' time, do I just tell him to forget it altogether 'cause I already have my outlet? Or is having a finished basement worth the hassle?
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