Basement Stairs, Plumbing, Electrical

Inside the kitchen.  More blue electrical boxes going in, and some roughed-in plumbing for the kitchen sink.



Electrical wiring.  Already, 1/2 mile of wire has been installed.
 (For real.)
And they're not done yet.

And-- I think the most exciting progress---
Finally, STAIRS to the basement! 

Until now, we've had to trek way around the house, through the snow, or, worse, down an ice-glazed slope to get to the basement.  It is oh-so-much more convenient to have an indoor stairway!  And it's a pretty walk too.


 

From the Stair Landing: The 1st floor and the basement.




View of the 1st floor from the Basement Stairs.

 

Patio door installed in the basement, marking the official end of window and door installation-- they're all in.

Sunny  basement, which we've been enlisted to thoroughly sweep this Saturday. 
The boys spent an evening out here last week, and already have some forts and hide-outs in the works.



Bathtub's been installed.

Laundry room plumbing.

Fast-paced 10 days ahead.  There's a lot of Electrical to be finished to get ready for the scheduled inspection.
Then, after the Inspection, comes Insulation.

The New Crew Member

And-- the day before the concrete went in, we received a new Inspector!  He has been to the site to take a look around, but slept through the whole experience.  Despite his seeming lack of enthusiasm, we have no doubt that he will be an invaluable asset to our team.

Concrete Finally

Monday was a beautiful sunny day (I missed it-- but more on that later--), and we were finally able to have the basement poured.  D. took the boys to watch the action.  There were three trucks, pouring through the windows.

Here the pex tubing is fully covered.

I guess we didn't get any pictures of it, but D. said he and the boys had a great close-up view from the attic windows.  The concrete trucks chutes were right in front of them!

Looking down the soon-to-be basement stairs to the new basement.

The next day, yesterday, we all went out for a look-see.  Here are the newly-framed kitchen walls.  They will be half-height walls on these three sides.

Another view of the kitchen.

New patio doors and sidelights in the Dining Room.

New Library window.

Most of the Inspectors in the Loft. 

The Dining Room is on the Left; The Living Room is Center-Right; the Front Door will be on the Right.

Front Door from the Loft.

Dining Room from the Loft.

Living Room from the Loft.

More progress:  Shingles!  (Far Left)



And, a sign of a long awaited Spring! 

D. and the boys tapped our Box Elder (think Maple) trees during the Concrete-pouring.  The sap will be running every day that it's above freezing during the day, but freezes at night.  It will be cold yet for awhile, but this is encouraging.