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- Does a Walk Out Basement count as a Story? (square footage . . .
Purchased an Italianate brownstone style home with vinyl siding at the bottom of a hill The "basement" is a walk-out basement with the
- Basement apartment - bad idea? - Straight Dope
I saw an apartment I liked today, scoped out the neighborhood, and was planning on putting in my application tomorrow morning However, when I mentioned to my friend that it’s a basement apartment, his response was “watch out for moisture problems ” I did some searching and found that a lot of basement apartment dwellers have problems with mold, mildew, and bugs What I’m wondering
- Whats the difference between a fully finished basement and a . . .
Been looking at the Nassau County Assessor site and on some locations it shows "Basement Area : FULL" then below it "Finished Basement
- Should I Clean The Holding Tank From My Water Well?
The tank in your basement is probably a pressure tank A bubble of air is formed at the inside top when the pump forces well water in to the bottom When a faucet is opened in the house, the air pressure forces the water thru the household pipes and up into your sink
- Wrapping HVAC Duct with Reflective Roll Insulation vs. Fiberglass Roll . . .
Three of the vents in my family room are connected to the main HVAC trunk via 25-foot runs of round, uninsulated 7-inch sheet metal duct pipes These ducts run along the ceiling of my basement, which is part living space, part storage space, though I rarely visit the basement In winter, these ducts radiate a lot of heat into the unused basement I’d like to minimize this heat loss and
- Help me choose boards for basement storage - Straight Dope
I have a bunch of stuff in cardboard boxes [banker’s boxes] that I want to store in a basement whose floor might get wet during winter To avoid floor contact, I want to elevate the boxes a few inches off the floor Looks like the best solution is to set the boxes on parallel boards [easier+cheaper than pallets] I naively thought this was a simple choice–just grab a few 2-by-4s from a
- Are there dehumidifiers that do not also generate a blast of hot air . . .
Simply put, is it possible to design a dehumidifier that does not also generate a lot of heat? I’ve got a basement that is nice and cool in the summertime, and it’s therefore a great place to escape the heat (my house does not have AC) But the basement will get too damp unless I run my dehumidifier, which has an unfortunate side effect of blasting out air that is between 10 and 20 degrees
- Gurgling from furnace condensate drain - Straight Dope
It’s a basement floor drain, connected to the city’s sanitary sewer system The drainage pipe from the furnace is PVC, maybe 1" diameter, and it travels maybe 8" across the floor before a 90-degree elbow drops the condensate in the floor drain The basement is about 60F, maybe a little warmer in the room where the furnace sits
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