Daytime photos of pre-pour basement

Just a few new photos, better than yesterday's.  Inspection today for the slab passed.  Everything is now covered by tarps in anticipation of this weekend's precipitation.

The plan next week is to pour on Tuesday or Wednesday, then cover the entire area, and the contractor will bring in heaters to keep the newly-poured areas above freezing overnight.

This is the prep for the footing for the post that will be near the interior stairs.

Where the old basement meets the new basement...new space is fully waterproofed and the gap has been filled with gravel.

Condensed water vapor trapped underneath the vapor barrier...

Basement nearly completed

The slab insulation, vapor barrier, and wire mesh are all in place.  Also, the formwork for the stairs is ready.  Tomorrow is the slab inspection.  With everything cleaned up and the shape of the stairs visible, it is really starting to look like a real basement!

The big story moving forward is going to be the weather.  As of right now we MIGHT get a day next week when it's either not too cold or not raining that will enable us to pour.  Otherwise, we have to wait until after the holiday.

Anyways, here are today's photos, taken with a flash because I arrived at the site after dark.  Ignore the apparent waviness in the photos of the slab- it is just the wire mesh, which is not very rigid.  The foam board is sitting on a flat compacted bed of gravel.

Taken from the top of the stairwell landing, looking down:

Semi-closeup showing the wire mesh, insulation board, vapor barrier, and gravel:

They did a good job cutting the foam board to fit around the pipe openings:

Stairwell formwork/rebar detail