Day 23 – Wood Wall
One of the reasons, besides the never ending rain, that we have not yet cribbed the basement yet is the fact that the eating area addition rests on piles and does not have a basement below it. This has caused major issues and discussion around how we will can have a wall between the eating area piles and the new space. The cribbers can not build a wall if they can’t get all around it and there has to be something to hold the dirt in and create a wall for the basement. We looked at the possibility leaving the cribbing wall on the dirt side permanently (super expensive and no one will do it), the styrofoam block stuff (expensive), or a wood wall. We chose to go with the wood wall, it will be 8 inches thick, waterproofed and ultimately warmer than the concrete. Now as long as they build it properly and there is no way for it to rot, we have a solution. Now if we could only make it stop raining long enough to have it built and installed. Here’s hoping!
