Into The Depths Of The Basement.......Part 1

With my insomnia kicking in full force and my laptop on, I felt like doing a post.Now bringing my laptop with me when we go to visit family out of town is not something I normally do.This time I felt the need to bring it for some reason.

So here I sit,it's 12:30am and I am just going through some of the pictures on my laptop and stumble across some pictures of the house.Now you have to understand I have 3 computers at home,I am counting my laptop in that and pictures of the house on all of them.It's not all the same house pictures mind you,for some reason I decided I needed to spread them out on all of my computers. 

Don't ask why,I don't know myself!!

To be honest I'm still not sure why I even have 3 computers?

On this computer I have found some pictures of the basement that I figured I would post.You know,since it is the wee hours of the morning and it seems like a better idea than sleeping right now.I may or may not finish this post tonight or this morning however you want to look at it,but it did originate in the early morning hours.Just remember when your reading this.

I'm talking pre-dawn hours of course.

So if there is anything wrong or doesn't make sense in this post,that's why.It has nothing to do with my lack of writing skills,just keep that in mind. 

Let's get on with the pictures shall we.....

 

Here is the view when you open our basement door.Yes these stairs are very steep and it's not the angle I am holding the camera.Believe it or not, my grandmother had her washing machine down in this basement and would have to carry laundry baskets of clothes up and down these stairs.I don't remember if she fell down the stairs or not.I do know my aunt did and ended up breaking her wrist.That also was more alcohol related,but the steepness of the stairs didn't help.

This is just a look behind the stairs, which you can see is just pretty much dirt back there. 

This view would be if you were standing at the bottom of the stairs looking into the basement.The stairs we just came down will no longer be there as they will be covered by floor.That floor is for the new entrance/hallway area.This means that there will be a new doorway put in to get into this part of the basement,which will only be used as a utility room.And storage room as well,because really there is not too much else you could use it for.

Here we are just stepping into the basement and looking to our left.You can see the garbage bags piled on top of that freezer which is about 30 years old.The freezer still works but has been unplugged for years since it is a killer on hydro.You can see the hook ups from where my grandmothers washing machine was.   

 

There is a look back at where the bottom of the stairs is and the doorway into the basement.That piece of wood you see there next to the doorway is where my grandfather had his dart board.We use to come down here and shoot darts all the time.I remember during hockey games we would come down between periods and shoot a few games before the hockey game started again.We did have a lot of good times down here!!Of course back then there was not as much junk down here as there is now.

The old beast of a furnace.This thing worked for 30 years and then decided to crap out on us this winter.We were planning on getting an new one anyway,but we were at least hoping to get one more winter out of it.But with the help of some portable heaters and a mild winter we survived.You can see just how old and rusted out this thing is.

The front/side view of the furnace.You can see just how big this furnace is and I think it is a 100,000 Btu furnace if I am not mistaken.So this thing will come out and a nice new energy efficient furnace will take its place.

One more of the furnace from the side.Since our basement is so moist we have to get new duct work throughout the house.This means that the gas guys have to crawl into the hole to replace the old duct work.Below is a picture of that hole they need to crawl into...

Even the thought of crawling into this hole freaks me out.I can't imagine the guys from the gas company who have to crawl in there being to impressed.Once all the work is done in there, my dad said he would build some kind of door to cover that up.

  

There are a just few pictures of the old basement.As you see by the title I had to turn this into a 2 part post,since I had more pictures of the basement than I thought when I first started this post.Keep in mind it was early in the morning when I originally started this.

So there you have it,IntoThe Depths Of The Basement....Part1.

Stay tuned for Part 2.