The first thing Bob did this morning was break apart the two concrete piers that we didn't end up using for purlin support logs. There were two of them.

Bob's tool of choice - the 4lb. mallet.

After breaking the pier apart, Bob cut the rebar pin down at the footer with the reciprocating saw.

While Jeff continued to work on washing the outside of the house, Bob got out the hammer drill and got to work on lag-bolting the rest of the window frames.

Here's what we've got to work with as far as the shape of the interior footer pads go. This will make cutting the insulation boards for a snug fit difficult.

Bob standing on a bucket to drill the upper holes for the lag bolts.

Drilling one of the lower holes.

Here's the chalk line they snapped which marks the 4" height of the perimeter styrofoam. This is also the height the concrete will be.

The chalk line was checked for level at various locations along the footer wall.

Here are the concrete lag bolts we used on the window and door frames.

We used an air ratchet to secure the lag bolts.

Bob let Jeff do the header bolts.

Back to pressure-washing. This is the south wall - the last full wall to be washed.

There's still the last part of the east wall to do, as seen here, as well as 1/3 of the west wall.

Jeff having "fun" up in the crate.

Bob stayed away from the bleach-water rain and formed out the northwest corner of the basement floor where our root cellar will be.

We wanted a real root cellar, with no concrete floor to potentially "leak" heat into this room. Here, Bob is nailing some bracing into place.

One piece of corner bracing, and he's finished.

Before Bob left for the day, he put in the last 8 lag bolts in the ledger that were originally left out because the lifting poles were in the way.

He used the hammer drill to pre-drill the holes in the concrete, then used the impact wrench to install the bolts.