Here's another shot of the basement, poured and you can see August 1st's work in the white paint, which is actually a water sealer that we spent the afternoon brushing on thick. It's a substance that stops water from permeating the cement walls of the basement. We're going to apply another coat to the exterior today (we're pleased that today we are to roll it on with rollers rather than brush apply it, which is harder than it sounds since it's a thick, gloppy sort of paint). We will also apply a coating of it to the inside walls of the basement for good measure, but we're going to order the non-toxic variety of it to use inside. The cement work looks really good, and it's exciting to think that not only is it done, but now the work is all US from here on out, for the most part. The cement workers left the bolts in place to install the sill plates, which we plan to start working on this Saturday. It's hard to believe!! Once we finish today's work, Derek will come back tomorrow and do the backfilling around the edges of the driveway, so all the white that you can see in these photos will be filled. He's already put in the drainage stone and pipe around the bottom of the basement. The reason the basement varies in height from side to side is that it's a daylight basement. The wall in front of the picture and the long wall you can see beside it will have windows, the back of the photo shows the rear wall of the basement, where our south facing screened porch will be someday, and because there will be a porch over it, that wall will not have a window in it. But it will be nice to have a lot of light coming into the basement, as well as being able to open it up in summer time! I suppose I should stop writing and get ready to work. Thanks for reading! We'll upload a few more pictures, too.
Here's another shot of the basement, poured and you can see August 1st's work in the white paint, which is actually a water sealer that we spent the afternoon brushing on thick. It's a substance that stops water from permeating the cement walls of the basement. We're going to apply another coat to the exterior today (we're pleased that today we are to roll it on with rollers rather than brush apply it, which is harder than it sounds since it's a thick, gloppy sort of paint). We will also apply a coating of it to the inside walls of the basement for good measure, but we're going to order the non-toxic variety of it to use inside. The cement work looks really good, and it's exciting to think that not only is it done, but now the work is all US from here on out, for the most part. The cement workers left the bolts in place to install the sill plates, which we plan to start working on this Saturday. It's hard to believe!! Once we finish today's work, Derek will come back tomorrow and do the backfilling around the edges of the driveway, so all the white that you can see in these photos will be filled. He's already put in the drainage stone and pipe around the bottom of the basement. The reason the basement varies in height from side to side is that it's a daylight basement. The wall in front of the picture and the long wall you can see beside it will have windows, the back of the photo shows the rear wall of the basement, where our south facing screened porch will be someday, and because there will be a porch over it, that wall will not have a window in it. But it will be nice to have a lot of light coming into the basement, as well as being able to open it up in summer time! I suppose I should stop writing and get ready to work. Thanks for reading! We'll upload a few more pictures, too.
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