Set in Concrete

In between all the rain, we got walls poured!!  

This is the outer wall closest to the backyard.  The extra framing to the left is for the walkout

This is the same outer wall.  The wall extending to the right will be the entrance from the garage into the kitchen

Pretty exciting, I know.  They always say things are as boring as watching paint dry...for us, things have been as boring as waiting for concrete to set.  Ok, so that's a bit of an exaggeration.  The concrete is set, but with all the rain, it hasn't been dry enough to be able to waterproof the walls.  Until this happens, we can't pour the basement and make a ceiling for the basement/floor for the back room.  Given that this is the biggest part of the project, we would really appreciate some dry weather!

I know I said I was going to keep posts short, but that was really short.  So here are some pictures of the new piping that has gone in.  Also a crucial part of the project that had to be finished before the basement floor could be poured.  I know It's pretty exciting looking at pictures of piping, but I'm just limiting this to two pictures.  

This is the new basement.  If I am not mistaken (which I very well could be) the wall that has the blindingly bright light is the wall that was already a part of the basement.  I could also pretend to tell you why there is new piping, but I'm oblivious.  I'll update this post later with a reason

This photo more than any other has stumped me.  I just spent close to five minutes trying to determine what this photograph is of.  Based on the wallpaper that used to be in the kitchen, I think this is the framing for the new powder room/the edge of the master bath.  As you can see, there is some more piping in there

Ok so there are the uber-exciting concrete and piping pictures.  I'm sure you will get to see more of each along the line.

Are you overwhelmed with posts yet? I'm still working hard to get you caught up.  I believe there are about four more sets of photos waiting to be posted (including a guest blogging post).  After that we will be all caught up with posts.  Meaning that probably starting this time next week, all posts will be CURRENT! It's about time, right?