It's Neverending . . .
I posted construction photos on February 3rd. Phase 1 is now pretty much complete, and Phase 2 starts tomorrow. Here are some photos from the process:
As mentioned, Phase 2 starts tomorrow - that's more work in the basement. Sealing the floor and the walls, some work on the fireplace down there, and also lighting upstairs. I went to Menards.
Another view of the basement pretty torn up.
They foamed where the walls meet the foundation.
The old, rusted out cast iron drainage pipe - this was replaced with PVC.
This is the channel where the new PVC went - yes, that's standing water UNDER my foundation. I won't have that any more :-)
My NEW DOOR!!!!! :::::Happy Dance:::::::
New, vented glass block windows replaced the original single pane windows throughout the basement.
Except for one emergency window - that's code here.
New pit with computer battery backup.
And we moved upstairs to the sunroom - an access panel made to get in and foam that half wall to stop condensation issues.
Another "settling crack" fixed - now that the foundation is stable again with no excess water pressure pushing on it, the cracking should stop.
Primed and ready for paint (OMG - I think Paint is Phase 746 . . . ;-) )
All the windows in the old part of the house were foam insulated.
Here's the concrete curing in the basement. Everything down there from Phase 1 is now complete.
Last, but certainly not least, I went from about 4" of attic insulation to about 18", which yields the required R49 rating up there. And yes, that's a giant television antenna. Inside the attic. It's huge. Kinda wish I would have known it was up there :-D
As mentioned, Phase 2 starts tomorrow - that's more work in the basement. Sealing the floor and the walls, some work on the fireplace down there, and also lighting upstairs. I went to Menards.
It was an expensive trip . . . LED light bulbs are spendy - but apparently they last a million years. Cross your fingers.
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