[speaker001:] [Noise] One way or another we're now recording.
[speaker002:] Okay.
[speaker001:] Um, um, oh, yeah. Home repair.
[speaker002:] You were helping your parents.
[speaker001:] Right. I still am really. They're, uh, [NOISE] [sounds like some sort of machinery] sort of remodeling a house out in downtown Atlanta, in Candler Park.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh, [inhaling] we've done [sigh] lots to it. We've taken out the glass and most of the windows and the sashes and replaced them. And,
[speaker002:] So you're remodeling?
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Okay.
[speaker001:] How about you?
[speaker002:] Well, I, I just live in a, I live in an apartment now. I, uh, two summers ago I went to Massachusetts
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and I went with a friend of mine and we undertook a building house.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And this was a, a Lincoln log house where you have the wall partitions and it's preconstructed you might say.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh [static].
[speaker002:] And we started in, uh, we, started from an empty lot with, uh,
[speaker001:] [Talking].
[speaker002:] trees and stuff on it and we had to cut them, uh, down and clear the lot. We had to call in the excavators and have them dig the basement.
[speaker001:] Wow.
[speaker002:] [Inhaling] Pour the basement and, uh, went from the ground up. Our
[speaker001:] Wow.
[speaker002:] one of our main problems was, well in Massachusetts, I thought I was going to, well, it was a, a fun time but
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I thought, gosh, summer time, you know. Well, all it ever did was rain and thunder storms [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] And [swallowing] one thing is that we're, we had, we were going to pour the basement foundation.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And we're in the process and it started pouring down rain.
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] And I guess we had most of it done but the end was result, what happened was that some of the, the wa-, a lot of water settled on the top and it really didn't give a very good finish and some of the, it was sort of sandy and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and not, uh, a very good finish.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But it turned, it was okay and it's only the basement floor so it was okay.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But, uh, it kept us pretty busy. It was only, uh, [clicking] there was, well me and my friend and then we just had like two helpers and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] uh, sort of a, a family type, it wasn't, you know, like a commercial project or something. It was sort of just, you know, uh, gets your, get his, you know, my bro-, my brother and well, maybe, you know, my cousin's coming over today to help us do that
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] kind of thing. So that the scheduling and everything was kind of hectic [LAUGHTER] sometimes.
[speaker001:] Wow.
[speaker002:] And, and then materials coming in [whistling]
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and so we're, we're hopping around pretty good. But overall, yeah, we got it done and it's a three bedroom, two bath house and it's pretty neat.
[speaker001:] [Thumping] Nice.
[speaker002:] Yeah. So.
[speaker001:] Nice. So, uh, I mean what was it for? You just,
[speaker002:] Well, it was, uh, for my friend's parents. They had some property there and they'd lived in this, this old,
[speaker001:] [Noise].
[speaker002:] it's sort of like a farm, you might say. And they live in this old house [swallowing]
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] for something like thirty years or something. And his mom just wanted a, a new house.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] You know, that has been her dream. And so, we did that. And, uh, she was really pleased with it. So it came
[speaker001:] That's great.
[speaker002:] really great so.
[speaker001:] Wow.
[speaker002:] So what, why is it that the weather in Atlanta that gets [swallowing] very hot.
[speaker001:] Huh?
[speaker002:] Where you live it gets very hot?
[speaker001:] Yeah, it does.
[speaker002:] And that's why you, an-, and the windows have you, what type of windows are you putting in?
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] Because the windows are something that is conducive to temperature changes in, uh, you know, the solar game?
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] Have you, what, what, are you putting in triple glaze or double glaze or,
[speaker001:] No. We just, we just went into a building supply store and bought plate glass. My parents do not have a whole lot of money to put into it.
[speaker002:] Oh, okay. Okay.
[speaker001:] And, uh, but it, see in a lot of the windows?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Uh, [swallowing] it's, the house is eighty years old and it's had several owners and stuff and, uh [talking]
[speaker002:] Okay.
[speaker001:] [Lipsmack] they have put plastic, Plexiglas kind of stuff in some of the windows.
[speaker002:] Oh, these so you have the sash windows in?
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Did t-, uh, did it go up and down?
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see.
[speaker001:] Yeah. And so, uh, and, and so we wanted to [rustling] get all new stuff in there.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So.
[speaker002:] Yes, there's a problem with those. Those are, uh, they usually most of the time don't open very well [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah. Ours didn't [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And the ones that would open, uh, wouldn't want to stay open [rustling]. They wanted
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] to slam shut.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. And they also, there, they, they, a lot of vibration and it causes the glass to crack and it's
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] a never ending problem.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. Yeah.
[speaker002:] So. So I haven't, uh, I haven't been in any really home repair things lately. I,