No turning back now...

An update on the storm shelter. The retaining walls are almost done and the concrete has been poured in the entry and a drain was added. We trenched a run of 100 feet so that the rain will never collect in front of the shelter. The stairs into it and a door is still to be added.

This is Chris starting the framing in the kitchen area. These studs we have carried around for years. They were taken down from a temporary wall at work and we cut all of the screws that had been used in them. 

The tall studs will be where the stairs will be located.

Chris cutting out the windows. There is no turning back now!

The windows from the outside.

The window on the right is over the kitchen sink.

The bulkheads over the large doorways were something Chris had to come up with. He took 3/4 in plywood and cut it into strips that he had to laminate together as he bent them into the curve of the wall.

We have concrete!

The first pour of concrete was done over the weekend. Chris has started to mark out where the windows will go and the doorway openings to the living room from each bin. The spray paint boxes are the areas that will be cut out of the grain bin. 

The box in this picture will be the kitchen window over the sink.

This is where the cut out for the stair well leading up to the girls' rooms will be

The door area will be cut out for access to the rest of the house. And the will be a window on the side too.

This is bin number two. This cut out will be for the stair well to the master bedroom/bath.

Where the second cut out starts there will be a wall and that area will be the laundry/utility room.
 

Our youngest daughter thinks the concrete is great. She has her own skating rink any time she wants!!

Before and after tin tiles

This will be the tile on the wall of the kitchen( subject to change , but that is the plan)

After cleaning one time with oven cleaner. Oven cleaner is what I read on the internet to be the best at removing some paint and not damaging the tin underneath. 

After cleaning twice with oven cleaner. I did not think there was yellow under all that green. I'm not sure I like the yellow but we will figure it out later. At least all of the loose paint is off.

Two of the other kinds of tile. The white one is the same as the one underneath it. The long white piece is crown moulding.

This type of tin cleaned up after one spray of oven cleaner.It looks like at some point the ceiling was in a fire because of the soot on it and the change of colors. These will be the backsplash in the kitchen.

The orange will be a ceiling but haven't yet decided where to put it. The white crown moulding goes with it.  

After one round of oven cleaner.

After the second cleaning. Now just a few hundred more pieces to clean!  We are still figuring out if we will end up painting over them or just clear coating them.

Radiant tubing and rebar

We put down the 3 inches of foam board and then started putting down the rebar.

The rebar is on 12 inch centers and tied at each crossing.

We added rebar sticking out of the grain bin and tied it to the rebar inside because we wanted it all tied together when the next portion of concrete is poured.

Then we started putting in all of the radiant tubing.

Tar was added around the grain bin where concrete would be touching it. The tar will prevent the concrete from making the bin deteriorate too quickly.

The final picture of the radiant tubing. Now we just have to wait until it is dry enough to pour concrete!!!