Reno job at Jenn and John's basement

John and I tore out the old wall of 2 X 3 construction with inadequate insulation and a covering of wallboard. We are going to be installing a larger window, 2 X 4 wall with R 24 insulation and 6mil poly. Then we'll put up Gyproc and paint it.
Next we used a masonry blade on a circular saw and cut out the size of opening that we needed for the new window.

Of course we tried to keep the dust contained but as you can see on the couch, we weren't too successful.

We used an impact hammer, a hammer drill, a circular saw with masonry blades and with a diamond blade, and a sledge hammer. What I thought would be a one day job turned into three days.



Finally, I knocked out the last chunk Today about 4:00 pm. The hardest part is done!