DIY Basement Framing in Progess, moving WC rough ins.

Basement is almost framed!!! So exciting, it's like building all over again, and this time YOU are the PM, so you know stuff is done level and RIGHT every time, it's a good feeling AND you get to put your "stuff" wherever you want!  I am so glad we went with this option to build unfinished basement.

Now carrying 85 pieces or drywall to the basement will be a real joy!!!

The rough ins, were well................rough!!  They ended up being a bout a foot off for the "plans" so we had to dig them up ourselves and move them in order to fit a bathroom.  The toilet would have been about 4 inches from the wall!  And the toilet would have been in the shower.  Folks some things are not worth the fight so we have a concrete saw and sledge hammer and took on the job.

PLEASE MEASURE YOUR ROUGH INS AND MAKE SURE THE ARE CORRECT :)

My basement will now consist of:
Movie Room
8-9 foot BAR with TV and with sitting area. We will build the bar ourselves.
2 storage closets (Hubby hates them :(  ) Hey I'm cutting into his BAR space.
Full 3 piece bath
Laundry area just for ME.

You want to talk about reconfigurating you basement. Gesh!  Moving washer and dryer and gas line and vents and piping and laundry tub and running new duct work! But we did it all ourselves, my Hubby is Mr. Manskillz.

After this comes ELECTRICAL......oh boy, then the slow down begins!

Moving shower drain and toilet.

Looks like fun ya'll huh?

Nothing like fixing a new home.

Basement bath is framed!

Hallway leading to my laundry room and WC.

IN OTHER 10 MONTH REVIEW NEWS.

So SOME floor creaks are addressed other is NOT.  The one pop/creak in the foyer just won't go away, they have tackled it from the upstairs and pulled up subfloor only to make it worse and needed another day to fix the "fix".

This NEW fix comes next week where they tear into my living wall to see what going on in the ceiling that way. Oh boy :(

We still need a new transition piece for the front door, it has been many attempts to stop the air from blowing in through the door, now we are at ordering and new transition piece, the one that goes under the door when you close it.

 Above -Odd cracking in the ceilings, house is just settling :) No biggie, will get fixed.

Below - Here is how one workers "fixed" my window sills. BTW all the window sills look like this now.

Speaks Volumes. Good Job!

So another company that I love, called H&M will be out to fix all the bad workmanship, I love this company, so professional and cleans up their messes!  Also some more settling has occurred. You just have to wonder what if they didnt used these types of companies who do drywall for a living all the time instead of re-doing over so much of other workers work.  I just don't know.

Oh SHOUT out to KIWI, a PM who went above and beyond for me the other day with my gas leak, I am over a year in my home and still that man dropped everything to help me :)

this pics are posted after my initial post for people inquiring about placement of rough ins.

above - in this pic hubby measured 26 3 /12 from morning room back wall, which was off by 1 foot according to the plumbing diagrams. He measure the toilet rough in.


*****11-16-14 check out our finished project I posted today.