We finally did it. We committed. Off comes the porch. We've decided to do a full basement, mudroom, plus additional room to give us more room. In the end, we're taking up the same footprint as the gazebo porch and the deck to make all three rooms. I would LOVE to do a sauna in the basement but we'll see if we get there. We're trying to take everything one step at a time.
In the photo above, they've just pulled the porch and deck from the house.
Next, they smashed it all down so it could fit into the dump trumps to take it away.
I've missed a step - but only because it's a video. Here you can see they've already dug the hole and put up the concrete blocks to frame out the basement. I'm still just amazed at the massive amount of dirt that they took to make the hole for the new basement. In total, they had to take 3 dump truck loads and this is still what's left. They left a lot to backfill the basement after it was completely water proofed.
This is just after it's been waterproofed. They legit tar the walls, and then toss the insulation at it and then put plastic over it all. It's nuts. And the total time spent on the waterproofing was MAYBE 45 minutes. They drove two trucks and had one truck just for supplies.
And here we are after it's been backfilled - but it's still a HUGE hole so Phil the dog can't go back there quite yet. He gets too jumpy and I'm really nervous that he'll fall into the hole. So he's stuck doing his bathroom business in the front yard for now.
It's coming together just enough that I can SEE the end in sight and I'm really excited for it. I can't wait to be able to use our new rooms and have the actual usable space. Woohoo!!!
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