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The basement is cleared out and ready for construction!
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The blue tape outline shows where the bathroom in our basement will be
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Jackhammer time!
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The plan is to tuck the bathroom right under the stairs
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Two of the three bits that came with the jackhammer
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Once the first break in the concrete happens, the rest is downhill
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Andy breaking through the concrete
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This wasn't my first rodeo so I knew what to expect in jackhammering
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Breaking the concrete is kind of the easy part - digging all of it out is the pain
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It only took a couple hours to break up all of the concrete
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A pile of rubble ready for removal
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The walkout basement is nice as you can get a wheelbarrow in to haul away debris
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The girls check out the big dig in the basement
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After a lot of digging, I finally hit the drain pipe
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There is a foundation drain clay pipe (right side of the picture) that was down there also
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It was a lot of work to dig this hole out
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The hole is ready for plumbing
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There was no dirt under the concrete - only gravel and clay
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That is quite the pile of rubble
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