Chapter 19
After fixing the roof of the house, Joseph, Chris, "Old Man" John, and Bob Carmichael decided to move into the Stauf house. Joseph and Chris decided to live in the Stauf house. First, they all restored the Stauf house to its original beauty and looks. Then, they moved in.
Bob Carmichael was the first to move in. Since he had so many inventions, he needed a place to set them first. They all figured that the laboratory was the best place. With everyone's help, they built a railroad from Bob's house to Stauf's house and shipped Bob's inventions from his metal structure to the Stauf house. Then, they all moved Stauf's machines and objects to different parts of the laboratory to make room for Bob's. Then, Bob decided to sleep in Dutton's old room because it was the closest to the lab. He left the bed that was in his metal structure and used the one in Stauf's house. The big-screen TV that was used for Bob to monitor his lab with was moved into the bedroom. The rest of the furniture in the room was removed so that Bob could put his objects in the bedroom. The unused furniture was moved out of the way and put in front of the door to the attic stairs.
Then, Joseph moved in. Joseph made several trips to his house on his bike, moving all of his things into the Stauf house. Joseph left his bed at his house behind but took everything else with him. Joseph decided to have his bedroom in the chess bishop room, and then, he moved everything in. Joseph, Chris, Bob, and "Old Man" John helped move in Joseph's 150-inch TV into the room by making the door space larger temporarily. Joseph moved his TV set on the left side of the fireplace. Then, Joseph moved in his dresser on the back wall, and then, he put his desk by the four-poster bed. It had Joseph's microphone, other electronics, paper, a pen, and a pencil. Since Joseph's parents bought a new computer, they let Joseph keep the old Packard Bell computer. Joseph placed that on his desk as well.
Joseph removed the four-poster bed that was in the room and used the mechanical one he used when camping in the house. Then, Joseph placed huge speakers around the room. They were attached to his microphone, computer, and TV. There was a switch that alternated between them and a switch for volume and sound quality. Then, Joseph placed a wire that connected his computer and TV. That way, when Joseph wanted to see what was on his computer, he could change the TV channel to channel 4, and he would see it on his TV without looking at the tiny monitor. Then, Joseph took down the old wallpaper and painted the room and then cleaned it. Then, he fixed the electrical wiring to make it more efficient and then had a perfect room. Then, Joseph shared the laboratory Bob used so that he could experiment with his things there, too. Then, Joseph added a special doorbell to his room, that if someone knocked, an electronic sign would appear that would say either "COME IN" or "JOSEPH IS BUSY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HIM ANYWAY" or "PLEASE DON'T DISTURB JOSEPH". Then, after moving into the room, Joseph placed the door and transom window back on. Then, Joseph put a big shelf in his room left of the door to store many minor things he brought along. He also took his box of supplies and his toolbox, which were still in the hall by the painting, and placed them in his room.
Chris was the next to move in. He brought everything he had, except his bed. Chris moved into the bedroom where Temple slept. Chris moved out all the furniture Stauf had, except for the bed, and moved them in front of the door to the attic stairs.
Then, Chris put in a wardrobe on the left side of the back room facing the bed. Chris then moved in his dresser and placed it next to the wardrobe. Left of the dresser, Chris put some big shelves there to store his minor things. Chris decorated the room and put some minor things in the nightstand he set up by his bed. Then, Chris replaced the simple incandescent lamp above and replaced it with a disco ball. Chris also moved in a stereo set with two big speakers.
"Old Man" John was the last to move in. He moved into the room across from Chris. Since he didn't own any well-built furniture, he just simply walked in, put his bags up, put his few possessions around the room, and just had a simple bedroom.
Finally, the job of fixing the house was coming up. Instead of using batteries for the electricity, Joseph and Bob tore down the old electrical lines that were in tangles, cut, wrapped in kudzu, and barely providing electricity for the house. Then, they put in a new, underground wiring system 20 feet in the ground, which provided more electricity than the old one. The old wires were getting so beaten up that they couldn't do much anymore.
Then, Joseph and Bob both went around the house and fixed the electricity by putting in more outlets, switches, light fixture connections, and making the electricity run more efficiently. Joseph placed a huge spotlight in the center of the fluorescent light ring downstairs in the foyer. He also created another switch for it too. Then, he put fluorescent lighting in the left and right alcoves in a circular way. He also put big spotlights in the center of both fluorescent rings. He created two switches for each lighting unit on each side. Then, throughout the rest of the house, Joseph placed fluorescent lighting, except for the back attic room. In there, he placed a big spot light in the center of the ceiling.
Then, everyone cleaned the house, sweeping it, vacuuming it, etc. They also cleaned the objects in the house. Then, Joseph and Bob fixed the water system and made the water run more efficiently and go to more areas in the house. Joseph and Bob put a wall mount water fountain in each room, except for the bathroom and kitchen. That way, every other room in the Stauf house would get water too.