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Basement Bar

60 photos in Ankeny, Iowa added 18 years ago

Some photos of the bar I'm slowly starting to build in my basement.
  • The Before Picture
  • Carpet's Ripped up
  • How the carpet is butted up to the tile
  • Now I just gotta chip up the thinset... sad.
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  • This was just as sucky as it was awesome
  • How to remove thinset from concrete
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  • Chipping thinset up from the floor
  • <3 Dremel Drills
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  • Holes from the tack strip.
  • Filled tack strip holes
  • I just got done using Trig and Geometry ... in real life.
  • Bar Construction.  Everything is just sort of propped up... It's not as close to done as it looks
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  • The Bar, Thus Far.
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  • The floor - mostly done.
  • Spraying Lacquer
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  • Cutting some drywall
  • Cut up wall
  • This is how the pros run wire...
  • I don't think the bar will be moving anytime soon.
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  • Now if I could just decide on the finish...
  • Where I've thrown my building receipts for the last month
  • Rico's Panel Saw Saves My Life
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  • Cutting it close.... This is all the floor glue that was left after 3 jugs.
  • The corner cut is not as perfect as I wanted.  :-(
  • The back of the bar wrapped out
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  • The bottom of the bar wrapped out
  • Joining the countertop
  • Kreg Jigged!
  • A bit more support - so Nehru can sit in his spot
  • Cutting a hole in the ply for our support
  • Routing is Faster
  • Our hole.
  • Routing a piece of trim
  • Adding the trim
  • Weight for the glue
  • The bartop - installed and ready for stain.
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  • Cutting the laundry door jam
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  • Wood Filler
  • That light spot near the front of the seam was driving me nuts
  • Rico.  Righting my wrongs.
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  • First coat of Spar Marine Varnish.
  • After a sand, more stain, and sitting a few hours - looks much better
  • Stained Bar Top
  • Stretching Carpet with the Knee Kicker
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  • The tappers are working, the sink is not
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  • The Countertop is Done.  Next, bar top and plumbing.
  • Dry Fitting the oak-ply-wrapping
  • Dry Fitting the oak-ply-wrapping
  • They love each other, haha
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  • Sweating My Pipes
  • As I was mounting the other pipes to the wall - I decided I should fix these ugly sump pump pipes.... worst idea ever.
  • See all that water?  I just put that ice pick right through the PVC - The photo doesn't do the amount of water any justice.
  • The hole I put in my Sump Pump PVC
  • Got the top mostly cut out
  • Routing out the inside corner
  • Screwing the Pocket Holes
  • Top - Trimmed Out
  • Bar Top sitting on the frame
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  • Bar - Finished
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  • The Rio bar served (many of) us well
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