27 June 2011

the basement

Finally getting around to posting about this.



This used to be our basement floor. It used to be a nice fir floor.



When we ripped up the top floor, this is what we found. All the support beams underneath were totally rotten. We knew that many of them were rotting because parts of the floor were bouncy. But EVERYTHING was rotten. We didn't find one dry piece of wood.





Here is all the wood piled up in the driveway. Ready to get hauled away. It took Dan and I about 4 hours to get all the wood off the floor and out of the basement.



The boys were enlisted to clean up some of the tar paper and rocks. There ended up being a bunch of concrete slabs in between each support beam. So Dan and the boys hauled out about a quarter of it that day.








Ready to pour the concrete.


It was pretty cool to watch. We all watched the whole time.






All finished! Dan also knocked some more plaster off this wall. There has been so much water damage over the years that the plaster just falls off. We are planning to paint the walls and ceiling white (they're all that horrible green). We need to make sure there's no more water leaking in before we frame in the walls and sheetrock. Anyone know anything about waterproofing basements?

10 comments:

emily said...

woah!!!! that's neat. i mean that's a huge project!

Kati said...

Wow, that looks like so much work. I'm sure you'll love it when it's done though.

katie said...

Wow! I'm impressed. Way to have those boys work!

Amanda said...

I'm actually surprised you didn't add a few half pipes and ramps while they were pouring the concrete, obviously, it's THE place to skateboard now.

Meg & Josh said...

Hey, I know those guys! :) Looks great!

sara said...

Oh Leigh! I'm so excited for you; what a great room that is. What are you going to do with it? Also, what are you going to put on the floor (if anything?) You guys did a lot of work; very impressive.

josieposie said...

Yeah!! So glad you are half way there. My advice for the walls, watch an episode of Income Property on HGTV. All he does is basements and he is constantly dealing with water damage and waterproofing walls. Or you could just call a contractor!!! PS - Dean's wedding date is 10/14. I'm sure you won't want to miss it. We need to catch up.

Kristine Hanson said...

oh my gosh! how exciting, a new space to use, can't wait to see it all finished!

Sarahmanarah said...

Woo hoo! You guys are so tough. Looks awesome. Your baby is so big.

Tabitha said...

WOW! I need to come over! I didn't know you guys were up to this!?