Hello everyone, Scott here.  LOTS happening on the back of the house as you'll see from the photos below--the demolition of the wing is complete, right down to the clean out of the laundry room and old bedroom and bathroom which had been in the basement.  The house is completely exposed on that back side and the wall which separates the old laundry room from the basement is uninsulated (and right outside our basement apartment) which makes our living situation somewhat chilly!  It also has meant that the pipes in the laundry room, which had been shut off, froze over our recent cold snap so we'll be without laundry facilities until the area is tightened up and the pipes are fixed.  But we're doing fine and loving the changes we see on a daily basis.  Laura and the kids head to Vermont tomorrow for the next two weeks and I'll be heading up on Thursday to join them.  As I'm not around during daylight hours there won't be any blog updates for the next two weeks but we'll report back with new photos and details just after new years.

 This is the view with the wing down, and the structure in place to pour the new concrete for the higher foundation

                                              Casings for the foundation

     This is the view along the house towards where the bedroom used to be in the basement.

                                               The truck arrives to pour the new foundation wall.

    The laundry room from above--the wall to the basement is on the other side of the blue tarp

                                                           Caleb supervising everything!

Mike and his crew have cleaned almost all of their stuff off the front porch.  The stairs and floor will be built in                      the spring.