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OK.......more progress and it took hiring another builder to finish the last couple steps. Other parts I've done myself.

The original builder put up that huge scaffolding so that the ceiling (corrugated metal) could be installed. Unfortunately he disappeared so I hired another builder to come install the ceiling and build the steps (I had intended to build them myself but decided against it).

Before the ceiling went in I found a company to insulate the walls for what I could buy the materials for. R-19 went in the I had some buddies come help me put Tyek wrap on backwards to cover all the walls.

The lights are 6 bulb T-5 fixtures that put out ALOT of light. The lighting company used a rating for commercial and said to use 6 fixtures......so I bought 8!!! I ended up cutting holes to recess them after framing them out. I used sheet metal so the blown in insulation wouldn't rest against the back of the fixtures.

The 3rd pic is taken from the staircase landing: