Peeling Back the Onion: More Crappy Infrastructure News

I am reportedly now the proud owner of vintage clay pipe under the Bungalow.  After extensive digging, this weekend I'll own new cast iron piping, that then needs to be inspected by our friends in the City, which means that there is a 10 day delay in pouring cement in the basement.  So - Best Case Scenario - the basement isn't being framed for another week.  UGGGGH.

The basement:

Fortunately, structural work is underway in the rest of the house.  The upstairs bath project was made more extensive last week with the discovery that the roughed - in plumbing was not presently up to code and that some floor joists had been cut.  My favorite thing, though, is that whomever renovated this home last left us a little treat - an old window and crappy insulation - in the wall.

A bonus window.    And super nice framing/insulation.

Prepping for the new steel beam - building the redundant temp supports

So - the landscaping project will be a little smaller, and the carpet selection in the basement will be a little less plush.   But - I won't have to worry about pipes (perhaps laid shortly after the great Chicago fire) cracking under the guest suite.