Basement floor

Finally...REMC electrical box is ready to go.

South (window) and north side of basement w/ tarred walls.

South side of cottage with perimeter drainage tile.

North side of cottage with drainage tile.

Basement floor is poured.

Sump pump hole.

View from south window - Denny and Barb's homestead. Vineyard is to left.

View from north window is of Richard's homestead.

The basement floor was poured last week. Bonnie had asked for a floor drain in the basement and got a sump pump hole instead. That is probably a good thing.

The perimeter drainage tile is in place. Next will be more excavating for the retaining walls and the trench for the drainage tile also needs to be dug and the tile run across the property where it will deposit the runoff into the woods. Perhaps it will be joined to Richard's existing tile that also empties into the woods.

Still to be done is the placement of the septic tanks and the backfill up against the basement walls. We are meeting with Mike today to discuss options. Bonnie is fine with the basement sticking out of the earth 4', but all the contractors have concerns about all that wall exposure. To be discussed is how high the backfill will go up against the basement walls and the possibility of window wells. We are very open to making any change that will decrease the possibility of water in the basement.

We are waiting for floor samples and have chosen samples of engineered hardwood, cork and bamboo. The samples should be here this week.

The holes for the electricity to enter the cottage (above tar) and wastewater to leave the cottage (below in tar) can be seen by clicking on the second photo from the top.