egress window

Vycor sealant tape & blue closed-cell foam between cement foundation wall & treated 2x6 rough-in frame.
View out of new egress window pending another 2' rise of retaining wall .
Exterior view of new window...obviously needs to be painted. Now to extend the fence to enclose this inviting entrance...
Just installed...interior surface. 

almost 3 1/2 yards of 5/8- crushed and most of one dirt pile already used as base & backfill for the first 4 tiers... 

window well a little over half finished...HEAVY work!!! 

after the masons 

window waiting... 

Now *here's* a pile of dirt!!!! Note the 6 yards of rock in the background. The crescent berm in the front yard plan is well on its way... 

6 yards of gravel for the window well...see the little pile of dirt under the tarp from the greenhouse project? 

kind of a messy job... 

a *big* hunk of concrete (the thickest foundation wall this mason has ever cut) and a BIG hole in our house! 

it's ready to go... 

breaking out the cut 

mason cutting new window hole using a hydrolic diamond wet chain saw. 

stripped bare... 

asbestos abatement: day 2, mastic removal. Day 1 was tile & ducting tape. 

stripped basement fireplace 

demolition and/or salvage of the old interior paneling, partitions, ceiling tiles, etc. Hope to reuse the pine paneling on a single wall in the remodeled space. 

Digging the window well & drainage trench...note the lack of our beautiful star magnolia, the well-grieved casualty of this project. 

'tonka toy' day w/ Dad 

Basement interior 'before' aka the 'wreck room' (except it was never this empty even when we originally bought the house).