May 12 2009

Here is the basement when all cement work has been completed.
We finished running the water line and electrical wires from the well through a hole that was engineered in the wall going into the mechanical room about a foot above the floor. There is also a hole about four feet above that for the main house electrical feed to come into the basement in the mechanical room. I stripped the forms off the retaining walls while Jim back filled the walls. We installed the escape chute, window well.... (Can't remember exactly what they called it) for the basement window that you can see at the left rear wall. The inside of the chute that goes up to ground level from this window is painted to look like granite. It was simple to install and very sturdy. I will install the window after the main floor deck is completed. There is a steel ladder that will hang in the well in case of an emergency. This meets all codes in case we every decide to put a bedroom in the basement.