Even though I'm not working on this through the winter I do have a couple updates...
I happened to be on a project where the owner was going to throw away 26 4x10 sheets of 2" R-13 Polystyrene Thermax insulation with foil face on each side. That will work great with the 2" Z furring I have to fur-out the 3 basement walls that are not under ground. I'll cover them with plywood to finish them off...
I bought the windows for the basement but since they were only about 4' above ground I was trying to come up with a way to keep someone from being able to break in.
I bought some 3/4" solid bar and some 1 1/2" box tubing and made bars for both windows. I want to see what powder coating for these will run and then they're ready to install...