Cleaning out the area in front of the stair and under stair… Future TILE land:

The old electrical closet that was once lined with asbestos insulation, but is now filled with treasures of sorts… This was pre-cleaning:

We also finished installing some joist hangars, cleaned a bunch of stuff and threw out a bunch of stuff. Fun times!

(Actually power hour ended up being ~ 1.75 hours, but that was only due to multiple injuries on multiple people. Nothing life threatening, just a smashed toe and leg gash. Then I almost sorta fainted. Short post because I also have to google tetanus shots. Eek.)