Time to insulate

Next up on our basement to-do list is insulating. We are installing a hard insulation that comes in panels which go up against the concrete walls, and once it is glued to the walls (with some sort of special stuff we use with the caulking gun) we will tape all the seams.  Once that is done we can build the new walls with 2x4's in front of the insulation..... and then whenever that all gets done.... on to electrical.

As you can see we picked up all our supplies last weekend (at Home Depot) and are getting started on this. I actually think this step will go pretty quickly, fingers crossed.

You can see in this picture the hole to our crawl space, yuck. Matt promises me it is sealed for now with this plactic sheeting and duct tape (to keep dirt, water, air out from the outside world...but more importantly in my mind spiders!). Eventually this will all be covered with a small door that seals it closed when the walls are built.