Another basement wall ready for insulation!

This weekend I really wanted to button up the wall in the basement- block out the cold before the real winter hits is. The cold air just pouring into the basement all these years is just insane.

The bulk of the work was clearing the debris from the demolition. About thirty trips got it outside. Jackson really helped me get this part done. We then scrapped and vacuumed the old paint from the wall. About an hour to Dryloc the wall. Another hour for the foam board. The fun part was putting up the framing for the new wall. Pressure treated boards as sill plates that I drove into the concrete with an actuated gun and nails with washers. So much easier than tap screws!

The next steps. I'm going to run tubing and connect into the central vac system I installed in the rest of the house. I will also run electric through this wall for some outlets. Insulation will be done this winter, soon, and drywall in the spring.

The pictures below show the new wall. Another shows a board I pulled out from the old framing. An actual burned board! The electric in this old house is another replacement I have planned for this winter. The previous owners just spliced wires together behind walls. The last picture shows the small wall I insulated a few weeks ago. I drywalled it so it was't that much of an eye sore during the holidays.