The Basement

When we moved into our house in 2010, we decided to renovate the basement in 2012. However, due to flooding in the spring of 2011, we had to move up the planning. However, it is now 2012 and we're still renovating. Therefore I suppose we got what we wanted!

We gutted the basement, starting with the hideous carpet.

Then came down the ceiling and paneling.

To remedy the water problem Jon rented a jackhammer and, with some help from his family, dug a ditch around the entire perimeter of the basement.

After spending weeks on digging, Jon put some stones, a black cloth material, some drainage pipes, more rocks, and a plastic sheet over the ditch.

Our new sump pump! Jon dug a sump pump pit, drilled holes into the walls so that water can reach the sump pump, and added halves of PVC pipes to run the water from the wall to the ditch.

Concrete came next. The tubes are for our washer and new bathroom.

Framing has begun!

I helped out a bit. Jon would measure, I would cut, and he would install.

While we slowly framed, Jon did a lot of plumbing in order to be able to utilize the most possible space with the ceiling and to add the bathroom. Below you can see the new PVC for our washer and laundry room sink.

In the past few weeks and months our furnace cracked so Jon had to put framing and plumbing on hold to fix that problem. It took a lot longer than we thought and resulted in replacing the entire heating system. He installed a Buderas along with a new oil tank in our basement. Currently Jon is spackling the drywall. I'll have to run on down and take some pictures for the next post!