Day 17 - Walls nearly complete

So the rain stopped and Hyo and the guys pumped out the water so it was time to get back to it!

Juan and the crew brought in some scaffolding to get access to the upper parts of the walls which carried the side benefit of keeping them out of the mud. The soupy mess at the bottom of the pit still hasn't dried (and won't for several days) because of the ridiculously dense clay soil. I honestly don't think that it is absorbed at all, but needs to evaporate.

The delay did give me a chance to run out to Home Depot and pick up the remaining windows needed for the basement awning openings. Erik and I didn't luck upon any of the size we needed at the building auction for a price that was worth it, so we left those to be purchased later. For those keeping tabs, it ran about $200 for three windows.


North east corner. The small hole is for the awning window and the large hole is for the bedroom egress window.


North west corner. You can see the awning window and the opening for the door to the basement on the left.


Here is a better view of that space from out of the kitchen door.


North west corner again. Sorry for the lack of vantage points, but the yard is still incredibly soggy so it is difficult to get around back there.


I still can't get some of these photos to rotate. Anyway, here is the opening for the window in the basement bathroom. The window I found was deeper that the others, but that will be nice to let more light in over the toilet.


View from the cherry stump. The wall is very nearly up to the first level of the house.


Here is a view down west side of the house that shows the stairwell leading down tot eh basement. The walkway past this on the right side will be quite narrow. I am going to remove the high fence and put in something waist height to open up the area a bit more. We are also going to move the gate from its current location to near the back of the new addition.


Another view of the back wall. They have filled in the space where the bobcat could go completely now, so anything going in or out of the basement is going to have to go by hand from here on out.


Another view down into the pit. It doesn't look it, but it is still pretty soggy in there even though it hasn't rained for a day and a half.