Bit by Bit

We've been chipping away at the basement during the last three days, working on the framing. I'm hoping to get the framing done by the end of the coming weekend so I can get started on the electrical. I figure I've got about eleven hours of framing left, so this seems like an achievable goal. Since Sunday, I've managed to frame around the corner to the first window.

Framing continues

I've built as much of the wall on the floor as possible, and will be framing around the window with the wall in place to increase the accuracy of stud placement, which is tomorrow's task.

We've also made another trip to Home Depot since Sunday to pick up more supplies. We acquired a 2x10 to replace the step down into the finished part of the basement from the landing - the old one was removed so that the floor tiles could extend under the landing - some plywood that we had cut to size to fill that 1" gap between the studs and the stringers, some more screws and spray foam, concrete nails for the walls, caulking for the windows, and some nylon twine for when it comes time to insulate. More on that later. What we did not get was cladding for the windows. Neither the Home Depot nor the Rona carried what we needed, although apparently, one of the other Home Depots does. That's been one of the more frustrating parts of this renovation: having to go to multiple DIY stores to get the things we need because no one store has it all. And I don't mean Rona versus Home Depot versus Lowe's - one Home Depot carries different stuff than another. We've been to seven different stores so far. Argh.

Time to call it a night. *yawn*