Lumber for basement partitions. Material for basement partitions

Lumber for basement partitions

Material for basement partitions

Drain access for the shower

Deciding where the center partition will be located – the easy way before building the wall

Typar the basement walls first

The bottom plate on a sill gasket screwed to the concrete with a 1” space behind

Rigid insulation against the old concrete foundation

Setting the bottom plates for partitions – this is where the photos of the heat tubes comes in to play before attaching

The sewage pump container

Exterior stud walls

Cardboard for the work benches

That would be Dave

It’s cold upstairs – we try and keep the heat in the basement where we’re working

The lid was covered with Typar to keep the concrete out

Lots of blowing snow in Carlow

The boys created this snow toilet one evening and brought it to work and assembled it at lunch

An outdoor “ John “ complete with toilet paper roll

‘Pop’ comes to see

Step flashing against the existing brick

Mild spell – toilet melted leaving only the nuts holding it down

A Mennonite on the way to town

I was coming out of the garage and heard the horse on the pavement

Insulating the porch floor

Rigid insulation over Roxul

Plywood to seal the underside

Basement partitions taking shape

A bright new day

Plumber arrives to rough in the basement bathroom and work on the in floor heating system

The plumber has a microwave for lunches

Someone has been tardy getting to work so I created a ‘Bayfield-Carlow’ bus schedule to drive home the point

Removing the sliding garage doors

We will use most of the old materials