kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff - Page 195

kien · #**1941** 12-02-2015, 02:25 AM

This week marks the official completion of our post flood reconstruction renovations. Last month we finished up the kitchen which was a huge milestone, but we were not quite done yet. The flooded kitchen also ended up flooding the room beneath it in our basement which was our spare room/exercise room. We lost the entire room, exercise equipment (treadmill, spinning bike, weights, electronics, etc) *sadface*

Well, this week we finished up reconstructing that room and had our new treadmill delivered. This means we are officially back to pre-flood "normal". This is a huge relief and means I have a whole lot more time on my hands now. YAY!

For anyone interested that cares, this is how our kitchen ended up.

Now, you may think that this isn't exactly reef/tank related, but actually it kinda is. In the background here you can see the tank.

Reflecting back on the past year I am reminded of how throughout this entire ordeal, the tank has remained a focal point of not only our house, but our lives. Everything that we did had to somewhat revolve around the tank. For example, the cleanup contractors had to make sure to turn on the breaker for the tank if they had turned it off. When we had to redo the entire floor we simply laied flooring around the tank instead of disturbing it in any way.

I'm sure the fish enjoyed the two days of nail gunning.

Remarkably, the tank has come out somewhat unscathed. So we've been hit by two floods now, neither of which was the actual tank itself. The first one was the great Calgary flood of 2013 (was it?), and the great kitchen flood of 2015. Clearly my prayer reactor is doing its thing! I highly recommend that everyone invest in one.

kien · #**1942** 12-02-2015, 02:29 AM

This past year also marks the 6th year for this tank. Time sure flies when you're having fun. Marching onward and upward. Or, just keep swimming, just keep swimming

gregzz4 · #**1943** 12-02-2015, 02:40 AM

Wow, your Kitchen is, for lack of a better word, spectacular, or beautiful, or whatever.
Happy for you that it's all back together now and your tank looks like it's recovering very nicely.
Now I need to go back through your thread and see all the kitchen/tank pics that I missed

FishyFishy! · #**1944** 12-02-2015, 02:42 AM

Gorgeous as always big guy!

RMC · #**1945** 12-02-2015, 03:23 AM

Very Nice Kitchen, the tank is really something else

Coralgurl · #**1946** 12-02-2015, 04:44 AM

Always nice to pop in here and see something like this! Your kitchen is amazing, well done.

Now your tank, that first pic shows just how worthy your tank is of "Tank of the month, year....acknowledgement of some kind. Stunning!!

Bugger · #**1947** 12-02-2015, 04:58 AM

Really amazing nice job wish I had this tank

Delphinus · #**1948** 12-02-2015, 04:39 PM

I can't imagine going for as long as you folks did without a functional kitchen and eating area ...... mad props to your guy's patience (even if you didn't feel that you were being "patient" at times, I'm sure!!!).

Must say though the end result is super nice!

And the tank, geeze man, your tank simply disgusts me.

No seriously, it's looking very sweet. Nicely done.

kien · #**1949** 12-02-2015, 05:42 PM

Thanks guys! And gal! Sheena!! Nice to see you still lurking about here :-D. Reminds me of the good old days when we went for wings. We should do that again, just cuz.

Coralgurl · #**1950** 12-02-2015, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

Thanks guys! And gal! Sheena!! Nice to see you still lurking about here :-D. Reminds me of the good old days when we went for wings. We should do that again, just cuz.

I'm in for wings!

I'll keep lurking, thinking of starting up again next year, smaller so who knows!!