More pictures - What a week!

What a whirlwind of a week! I wanted to show you all some more pictures of the basement prep done this week. My builder was kind enough to share the pictures he had taken.

Here you see the rock being thrown in to fill just inside the walls. This completed the prep work for the underlayment. The underlayment (my own layman's term!) is a vapor barrier and a reflector (to keep the heat from radiating into the ground).

This picture shows what the tubing for underfloor heat looks like. The heated water (heated with solar power) will be pumped through these tubes (the pump is also solar powered!) and heat the basement floor. Just imagine - no cold basement floor, even in winter! And all for free! (OK, once the equipment is paid for, THEN it's free!) We'll even have heat if we loose electricity!

Here, you see Jason - the solar heat guy - attaching some of the tubing to the pump.

I hope you are enjoying this journal of our home-building journey. We have so much more to share! I'll write again, soon!