2007_09_12 Basement stairs roughed in

They have put in the rough staircase from the basement. They will later install the finished stairs on top of these. The area under the stairs will be walled off and the water heater will go under the stairs.



The door will be at the end of the bottom step so the stairs will be visible from the foyer up above. So, this will be heated/cooled space so we'll want this to have insulation in these walls.

We want the door at the bottom so that we do not have to build a full wall up in the upstairs which would both keep the stairs from being open (as opposed to ones that you could not see through) and would result in a wall that would obscure the view from the foyer toward the windows in the great room.

The last picture is just of the system that is used to keep the settlement of the log walls from harming things that are connected to it (e.g. cabinetry) so that the logs can move downward by allowing the screws to slide in the groove in the boards attached to the logs.

The next blog entry will be of the beams and rafters up in the ceiling. Hopefully more interesting than basement stairs.