Basement walls

Here are the forms for the cement walls. The footings have already been poured.

Here the window frames are in place and cement will be poured around them. The best part about the windows is I can use them as landmarks, to help me visualize the layout of the rooms in the basement.

Now that the forms are down, we have real walls. The girls love the huge piles of dirt everywhere. The trenches that encircle the house are fun places to play.

We like how our builder shows attention to detail even in things that no one will ever see.  Notice the straight line on the damp proofing.

 There has been so much progress in such a short time. The footing have been poured and the cement walls are done.  The basement has been back filled, and window wells are in. We decided to use fiberglass window wells.  The metal ones have problems with rusting and cement is very expensive. With fiberglass you have to be very careful with back filling as rocks can break through the sides of the window well. The cool thing about them is they have a built in ladder for egress. Ours are a darker tan color then the sandstone one shown in the photo.