Saturday, June 23, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Framing the basement
Framing started yesterday so, at last, there's enough progress to make a new blog post possible. This is the left side of the basement so the 2x4's shown here form the outline of the guest bedroom and bathroom and the lightwell and my tiny little photo 'studio' in the framed space at the lower left.
A wider view of the new framing for the basement. The area with the newly framed standing wall is the unfinished part of the basement. This is where we'll store all of the stuff that previously cluttered our garage. The area with the ladder is the craft area of the playroom. Just to the right of that is the playroom, itself (which we plan build with a castle theme).
Something interesting if not a tad unseemly: See the little square imbedded in the floor around the 9 o'clock position? That is a reservoir where all of the basement sewage collects. Since the sewer line is at street level, it's necessary to pump everything *up* to that line. No suprise that I've never spent a single moment contemplating this sort of thing before building a house.
If you visit either of these photos on flickr, I'll have little notes attached to the images to better explain the space.
A wider view of the new framing for the basement. The area with the newly framed standing wall is the unfinished part of the basement. This is where we'll store all of the stuff that previously cluttered our garage. The area with the ladder is the craft area of the playroom. Just to the right of that is the playroom, itself (which we plan build with a castle theme).
Something interesting if not a tad unseemly: See the little square imbedded in the floor around the 9 o'clock position? That is a reservoir where all of the basement sewage collects. Since the sewer line is at street level, it's necessary to pump everything *up* to that line. No suprise that I've never spent a single moment contemplating this sort of thing before building a house.
If you visit either of these photos on flickr, I'll have little notes attached to the images to better explain the space.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Framing starts soon!
They dropped off a big stack of lumber this morning. It'll be exciting to see the upper level of the house take shape!
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