Day Two-ninety-five: rounding into shape

Work continued apace on the basement. The bathroom got a new drain today and should get the new water hookups tomorrow. The third picture is of the jackhammer that made the path for the new drain pipe.

Elsewhere the exposed framing and ceiling beams got covered up (for modesty's sake) by drywall and plaster. We've asked that the guys get it only to paint-ready condition. We can't let ourselves completely off the hook. The little box you see in the middle pictures is the backside of the shoe cubby we built.

Finally, we had a separate company come by to deal with the crawl space beneath the studio. It was jammed full of old siding and soffits (extras from when new stuff was put on the house) and various other curios. To reduce the funk in there we had all that hauled away and a new vapor barrier installed. The biggest gain, though, was patching an air duct that used to have a branch go to a fan that we long ago removed and had cemented closed. This should eliminate odors from the crawl space being sucked up into the main duct work an out of a vent in the studio. The last photo shows the former opening from the crawl space's perspective and the duct in the upper left is what got patched and insulated.