going to be too wet to put in the egress windows this weekend... maybe Sunday, but likely not. raining right now.
so we're picking paint colors, having decided on the carpet, and then efforts to reinforce the basement staircase (overcut by the builders, needs some 2x6 on the stringers), put up a pole surround wall, put up more can lights, and get wiring done.
east side towards the driveway should be waterproofed nicely. lot of cavity under the concrete, and the wall up to ground level was 12-inch block. the wall above ground level was 8-inch block. so right under the walkways, there are big block openings up to 3-1/2 inches. basically everything from the driveway to the grass ends up draining into the basement.
or did. filled the cavities with spray foam, filled the expansion joint cracks with self-levelling polyurethane caulk (like about 40 tubes of it,) and after all the mortar cap over the block mess was removed and those cavities filled, sealed with quick-set sand mix and sealed with poly caulk over the top.
lot of escapees from the millipede and sowbug colonies that invariably form in wet, organic, peaty areas, and a lot of trapped ickbugs. that should take care of infiltrations of bugs into the basement, too.
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