After many coats of dryloc, there's still some staining coming through. Oh well, still a big improvement.

The walls had fiberglass insulation blankets glued to them. It was ugly stuff, not to mention my cats loved to claw at it, and down the road my kids would have probably wanted to eat it.

These settees came out of a college cafeteria a long time ago. They were here when we bought the house. I'm moving them out of the way so I can rip the rest of the yellow insulation off the walls.

Just trying to get everything cleaned up before the ceiling gets painted.

Our home started as a farm house built in 1900. In 1985, an addition was made. This is the old foundation (mortar and stone).

You have to step down into the other part of the basement. You can kinda see the step, between the step stool and safe.

You can see some more patching of the old basement wall. This wall is an interior wall.

Another view of the stairs. I removed the hand rail and the 2x4s that were supporting it. You can see new flourescent lighting on the floor, waiting to be installed.

These are the basement stairs.

Engine:

Toyomoto Stg. 1 Supercharger

Rotrex SP32 Supercharger blower

Toyomoto bracket (Engraved series)

Body Match Silver 3” piping

Oil reservoir for the s/c

911 turbo By pass valve

Toyomoto fuel system

J&S knock system

Air intake system, with filter

Toyomoto electronics

Split Second Fuel/Timing Tuning computer (FTC1)

Toyomoto Headers

Toyomoto y-pipe

Mishimoto Performance Radiator

Apexi N1 Exhaust

Custom Painted Engine, Relay, and Fuse covers

Stainless Steel “FIGS Designs” Hood prop kit

DRL modification

Suspension/Brakes:

Hotchkis Anti-sway bars (front and rear)

Megan Racing LP series Coilovers

Cusco Carbon Fiber Strut Bars (front and rear)

Rotora 6 piston Front and 4 piston Rear Big Brake Kit

Wheels/Tires:

Iforged Astra in Gunmetal

F: 19x8

R: 19x10

Dunlop Sp SportMaxx

F: 225/35/19

R: 275/30/19

Interior/ICE:

Flatline Graphix “Lexus” sun visor decals

Momo Shadow carbon fiber shift knob

Kenwood Excelon DDX7015 head unit

Kenwood KNA-DV4100 Navigation

Hifonics 6” Atlas with blue LED cones (2 sets)

Hifonics Titan TX4405 black amp (for interiors)

Pioneer Premier 10” subwoofers (2 count)

Elemental Designs Amp for subs

JDM Double DIN dash kit

Custom fabricated rear deck

Custom made trunk sub enclosure

Exterior:

Elixir Type II Carbon Fiber Hood (Custom Painted)

Full JDM Vertex body kit (front license plate spot filled in)

JDM OEM Rear bumper

Kaminari rear wing

Custom Z-Edition Altezza grill with stock “L” emblem

Advanced Automotive Concepts custom Q45 low beam, RX330 high beam headlights

Advanced Automotive Concepts Halo CCFL Demon Eye kit

Phillz style tail lights

JDM style antenna

5% tint all around Flatline Graphix “Supercharged” decal

Optima Yellow Top Deep Cycle battery

Lower part of the basement. I covered some of my games to keep dust from getting on them. The rest of the games were moved into the other part of the basement

After we got our tiles home, we took a look at them. Then I licked one, because when else can you do that and have it not be dirty? Opportunity only knocks once -- when life gives you lemons... You lick them.

Anyway, we were NOT happy with the fact that the color in the actual Armstrong tiles seemed a lot less vibrant than the color in the sample. The sample was what we wanted, and we felt a bit gyped. So we brought a tile to the store, found the sample, and took a few pictures. The samples come with a disclaimer that the color might not be an exact match, but the difference was quite pronounced to us. So don't trust Armstrong samples. They certainly seem to make their samples as misrepresentative as they can legally get away with.

BACKSTORY: ...Read about the tiling job at: clintjcl.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/journal-house-tiling-ad...

Armstrong Excelon vinyl composite tile, sample.

purple.

Alexandria, Virginia.

February 7, 2008.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

This is looking into the other part of our basement, a future remodeling project.

Engine:

Toyomoto Stg. 1 Supercharger

Rotrex SP32 Supercharger blower

Toyomoto bracket (Engraved series)

Body Match Silver 3” piping

Oil reservoir for the s/c

911 turbo By pass valve

Toyomoto fuel system

J&S knock system

Air intake system, with filter

Toyomoto electronics

Split Second Fuel/Timing Tuning computer (FTC1)

Toyomoto Headers

Toyomoto y-pipe

Mishimoto Performance Radiator

Apexi N1 Exhaust

Custom Painted Engine, Relay, and Fuse covers

Stainless Steel “FIGS Designs” Hood prop kit

DRL modification

Suspension/Brakes:

Hotchkis Anti-sway bars (front and rear)

Megan Racing LP series Coilovers

Cusco Carbon Fiber Strut Bars (front and rear)

Rotora 6 piston Front and 4 piston Rear Big Brake Kit

Wheels/Tires:

Iforged Astra in Gunmetal

F: 19x8

R: 19x10

Dunlop Sp SportMaxx

F: 225/35/19

R: 275/30/19

Interior/ICE:

Flatline Graphix “Lexus” sun visor decals

Momo Shadow carbon fiber shift knob

Kenwood Excelon DDX7015 head unit

Kenwood KNA-DV4100 Navigation

Hifonics 6” Atlas with blue LED cones (2 sets)

Hifonics Titan TX4405 black amp (for interiors)

Pioneer Premier 10” subwoofers (2 count)

Elemental Designs Amp for subs

JDM Double DIN dash kit

Custom fabricated rear deck

Custom made trunk sub enclosure

Exterior:

Elixir Type II Carbon Fiber Hood (Custom Painted)

Full JDM Vertex body kit (front license plate spot filled in)

JDM OEM Rear bumper

Kaminari rear wing

Custom Z-Edition Altezza grill with stock “L” emblem

Advanced Automotive Concepts custom Q45 low beam, RX330 high beam headlights

Advanced Automotive Concepts Halo CCFL Demon Eye kit

Phillz style tail lights

JDM style antenna

5% tint all around Flatline Graphix “Supercharged” decal

Optima Yellow Top Deep Cycle battery

We went with a diagonal checkboard of black, and violet bloom. In this picture, we laid them on the diagonal checkboard of the floor as a reminder of our intended plans. Of cousre, when we got the violet bloom, it was closer to blue than violet. Thanks for nothing, Armstrong.

BACKSTORY: Now that we finally got everything painted, it was time to re-floor the downstairs. Today we drove around and checked some out.

Unfortunately, the Armstrong Excelon tiles we selected scratch very easily, so we were no better off than if we had gotten parquet, which we didn't get because we didn't watn to deal with unrepairable scratches... D'oh! Of course it would have helped if Marty Engel at Floorcraft had bothered to advise us that we were supposed to polish and seal it afterwards. Armstrong's website mentions this, but how were we supposed to know we needed to even look this up? We're not sure how we feel about FloorCraft after this job. There's yet to be a contractor that has actually gotten us the results we want -- with anything. And We can't really properly seal and polish it properly now, because the pool table and furniture has all been moved back.

Anyway: Avoid Armstrong Excelon. Also: Their sample colors were quite different than the real thing. They say that, but still. The sample was a "better" shade, and then when we bought the actual tiles, they were a "worse" shade. The difference was not minor. It almost seems that they go out of their way to concentrate more of their color into the samples, in order to trick people into thinking the colors are more vibrant than they really are.

floor, vinyl composite tile.

diagonal.

Alexandria, Virginia.

December 14, 2007.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

Basado en el diseño del motor para el Audi 80, el motor AP1600 es uno de los motores que mayor tiempo ha estado con el Gol, desde 1986 hasta el día de hoy en el G4 en versiones 1.0, 1.4, 1.6 1.8 y 2.0

Interior del Gol G2 AB9 1996 CLi (Base)

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This GP38-3 rides along on the old Chicago Great Western near Byron Illinois. Trackage here is maintained by the Excelon company to connect the Byron Nuclear facility for the receiving of large equipment to maintain power production.

Clint decided to lick a floor tile -- because when else would you be able to do that and know it was clean? Opportunity only knocks once. When life gives you lemons... You lick them.

Clint.

licking.

Armstrong Excelon vinyl composite tile, Beavis the cat.

upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

February 9, 2008.

Pic by Britt.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com

... View videos of Beavis the cat at: www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ClintJCL&search_q...

... View Britt's photos at www.flickr.com/photos/sweetest_brittany/

This little snippet of video illustrates how much activity can be observed on a typical autumn day.

When Excelon is running water through the turbines, it's like ringing the dinner bell!

Conowingo Dam

Harford County, Maryland

November, 2015

Baseball game in Monroe Center today.

Stopped by the nuke plant on the way home for a couple of quick shots.

Some of the VCT (vinyl composite tiles) we were considering. We went with a diagonal checkboard of black, and violet bloom. But when we got the violet bloom, it was closer to blue than violet. Thanks for nothing, Armstrong.

BACKSTORY: Now that we finally got everything painted, it was time to re-floor the downstairs. Today we drove around and checked some out.

Unfortunately, the Armstrong Excelon tiles we selected scratch very easily, so we were no better off than if we had gotten parquet, which we didn't get because we didn't watn to deal with unrepairable scratches... D'oh! Of course it would have helped if Marty Engel at Floorcraft had bothered to advise us that we were supposed to polish and seal it afterwards. Armstrong's website mentions this, but how were we supposed to know we needed to even look this up? When we sent Marty Engel email asking why the floors scratched so much, he replied back, "Get area rugs" and told us nothing about needing to seal it.

We're not sure how we feel about FloorCraft after this job. There's yet to be a contractor that has actually gotten us the results we want -- with anything. And We can't really properly seal and polish it properly now, because the pool table and furniture has all been moved back.

Anyway: Avoid Armstrong Excelon. Also: Their sample colors were quite different than the real thing. They say that, but still. The sample was a "better" shade, and then when we bought the actual tiles, they were a "worse" shade. The difference was not minor. It almost seems that they go out of their way to concentrate more of their color into the samples, in order to trick people into thinking the colors are more vibrant than they really are.

brochure, vinyl composite tile.

Alexandria, Virginia.

December 14, 2007.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

Some of the VCT (vinyl composite tiles) we were considering.

BACKSTORY: Now that we finally got everything painted, it was time to re-floor the downstairs. Today we drove around and checked some out.

Unfortunately, the Armstrong Excelon tiles we selected scratch very easily, so we were no better off than if we had gotten parquet, which we didn't get because we didn't watn to deal with unrepairable scratches... D'oh! Of course it would have helped if Marty Engel at Floorcraft had bothered to advise us that we were supposed to polish and seal it afterwards. Armstrong's website mentions this, but how were we supposed to know we needed to even look this up? We're not sure how we feel about FloorCraft after this job. There's yet to be a contractor that has actually gotten us the results we want -- with anything. And We can't really properly seal and polish it properly now, because the pool table and furniture has all been moved back.

Anyway: Avoid Armstrong Excelon. Also: Their sample colors were quite different than the real thing. They say that, but still. The sample was a "better" shade, and then when we bought the actual tiles, they were a "worse" shade. The difference was not minor. It almost seems that they go out of their way to concentrate more of their color into the samples, in order to trick people into thinking the colors are more vibrant than they really are.

vinyl composite tile.

Alexandria, Virginia.

December 14, 2007.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

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On August 28th, CP local B67 delivered a new transformer to the Exelon Nuclear Plant in Byron, IL. The transformer was built in Houston and delivered to the CP by BNSF at Savanna. CP then brought it into Byron on the Chicago sub and ran it up the old CGW to the plant.

The Transformer takes up the whole width of German Church Rd as it is shoved the final few hundred feet in the secure area of the plant. The string of cars to the right is all of the Northern Illinois Railfans that turned out for the rare move.

At Excelon Plaza

new VCT. Amrstrong STANDARD EXCELON IMPERIAL TEXTURE Classic Black. As close as we could come to the original Matco VAT tiles

2011 CES - Lamborghini LP670-4 SuperVeloce

Some of the VCT (vinyl composite tiles) we were considering. We went with a diagonal checkboard of black, and violet bloom. But when we got the violet bloom, it was closer to blue than violet. Thanks for nothing, Armstrong.

BACKSTORY: Now that we finally got everything painted, it was time to re-floor the downstairs. Today we drove around and checked some out.

Unfortunately, the Armstrong Excelon tiles we selected scratch very easily, so we were no better off than if we had gotten parquet, which we didn't get because we didn't watn to deal with unrepairable scratches... D'oh! Of course it would have helped if Marty Engel at Floorcraft had bothered to advise us that we were supposed to polish and seal it afterwards. Armstrong's website mentions this, but how were we supposed to know we needed to even look this up? We're not sure how we feel about FloorCraft after this job. There's yet to be a contractor that has actually gotten us the results we want -- with anything. And We can't really properly seal and polish it properly now, because the pool table and furniture has all been moved back.

Anyway: Avoid Armstrong Excelon. Also: Their sample colors were quite different than the real thing. They say that, but still. The sample was a "better" shade, and then when we bought the actual tiles, they were a "worse" shade. The difference was not minor. It almost seems that they go out of their way to concentrate more of their color into the samples, in order to trick people into thinking the colors are more vibrant than they really are.

pointing.

vinyl composite tile.

Alexandria, Virginia.

December 14, 2007.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

Always a good photograph to take at Jeanne Gang's pavilion in Lincoln Park.

On August 28th, CP local B67 delivered a new transformer to the Exelon Nuclear Plant in Byron, IL. The transformer was built in Houston and delivered to the CP by BNSF at Savanna. CP then brought it into Byron on the Chicago sub and ran it up the old CGW to the plant.

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Some of the VCT (vinyl composite tiles) we were considering.

BACKSTORY: Now that we finally got everything painted, it was time to re-floor the downstairs. Today we drove around and checked some out.

Unfortunately, the Armstrong Excelon tiles we selected scratch very easily, so we were no better off than if we had gotten parquet, which we didn't get because we didn't watn to deal with unrepairable scratches... D'oh! Of course it would have helped if Marty Engel at Floorcraft had bothered to advise us that we were supposed to polish and seal it afterwards. Armstrong's website mentions this, but how were we supposed to know we needed to even look this up? We're not sure how we feel about FloorCraft after this job. There's yet to be a contractor that has actually gotten us the results we want -- with anything. And We can't really properly seal and polish it properly now, because the pool table and furniture has all been moved back.

Anyway: Avoid Armstrong Excelon. Also: Their sample colors were quite different than the real thing. They say that, but still. The sample was a "better" shade, and then when we bought the actual tiles, they were a "worse" shade. The difference was not minor. It almost seems that they go out of their way to concentrate more of their color into the samples, in order to trick people into thinking the colors are more vibrant than they really are.

vinyl composite tile.

Alexandria, Virginia.

December 14, 2007.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

El comando para el desempañador trasero, buen diseño de botones por parte de vw.

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