Starting to take shape

It was an incredibly slow week capped off by a very productive Monday.  Last week I accomplished very little of any meaning.  I spent a few hours cleaning up from my Brothers and moving all the materials to the other side of the basement to make room for the bathroom framing.  I also had a multiple hour trip to Menards for various supplies.  When I did get a chance to work it was very minor stuff.

We will be leaving parts of the ceiling open and just painting black so that meant areas like the rim joist needed to be sealed up so the paint would't get sprayed on the insulation.  Below is a picture of that covering:

I also started putting down some subfloor.  I went with a product called Platon which is dimpled plastic that is meant to create a 1/4 inch gap between the floor and concrete.  Laminate flooring can be laid directly on top while carpet or tile only requires a 1/2 plywood on top.  The black cloth below it is landscapers felt to cut down on any clicking that might occur where the concrete is uneven.

Brad came today and together we got the office framed and electrical ran.  We also got 80% of the bathroom framed.

You ask why only 80% of the bathroom?  Well because there was some interesting blocking that needed to be contended with.  See below: