Basement Shear Wall

While we were waiting for the concrete to cure when we put in my parents pull-up bars, we worked on clearing out some space in their basement and building a shear wall.

CBH and my mom have a small working area by the side door that was in need of some help

CBH wanted the old, crusty, broken down cabinet removed, the table cleaned a bit, a shear wall put in behind the cabinet and some general spiffing up done.

First we cleared the area


Then as you can tell, we pulled the cabinet down.

We ripped down some of the drywall, measured out the area for the plywood, then nailed it all in



I cleaned the table a bit. I really wanted to take it outside, sand it down, and then put some poly on it, but Chris and CBH scoffed at me

So I just cleaned it all up and wipped it down. When I was done we moved it back into place

I REALLY wanted to organize CBH's tools and supplies that were over here, but he wasn't having it. Damnit! He just wanted to put all the stuff back where it was for now

But you better believe next time we're over there doing some more work I'll be putting that organizing plan into full effect :)