I'm Floored

I've been busy lately keeping up with office work and too tired to want to sort photos and blog them. This week I started looking after Oliver and I have time before he wakes up to work on the computer. 

Jim uses this tarp to block off parts of his working area to limit dust spread. It's still pretty dusty around here. 

 This is the last piece of paneling.

This wall needs redone as well, insulation, you know.  

The next project is the floor in the east part of the family room so the rest of the tools

and construction stuff is moved.

 Tile removal. 

This vinyl tile is original and still in great shape. It's ugly. 

After the floor was done we taped paper over it and moved all the junk/stuff from the back part into the finished part, tarped it off and ready to start on the other half of the back room,

Building Walls

In this first photo after the paneling and wall studs are out, you can see at the top the duct work that will eventually be replaced with shorter ones that will be wider, essentially to give more head room in the bathroom. The basement has 7-foot ceilings, which were the norm in the 60s. 

Jim is replacing the studding so he can put insulation in the walls. There was none before and the studs were 2x4s placed the other way. 

Building the frame.

And up it goes. 

I wasn't helping. I was taking pictures.

And that half of the basement is framed, ready for the insulation and sheetrock. 

Concrete Evidence

As with any project, there is always more needing done that we expect. Jim is replacing everything with PVC pipe. These are drains from upstairs. Jim took out this piece of wall, not just to facilitate the replacement, but also because the sheetrock was rotted.

Replaced floor drain., ready for concrete.

He replaced the sheet rock with water resistant kind.

The sheetrock and tile are all out and Jim's starting on removing both closets to give more room for both the bathtub and shower.

My big storage closet, going, going, ...

gone.

Side view.

Jim moved the door over a few inches to the right for more room for the vanity. Shoring up the door space to replace the header. 

Finished.

Forms going down for first concrete pour. This side is for vanity and bathtub. 

Marking out shower dimensions.

In between concrete pours, Jim is working on the walls.