Basement Remodeling
Monday, March 29th, 2010 at
10:24 am
Basement remodeling is easy if you take a few steps to ensure the job comes out right. askthebuilder.com host Tim Carter shares basement finishing tips from his years of experience. Your finished basement will be much better if you follow his tips.
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great improvement tips
Nice job, I am thinking of doing something like this. I am trying to find good ideas for my battery cabinet that is used by my home wind trurbine, it’s in my basement.
my basement is going to be done tomorrow just got to put in the floor and the finishing touches………looks like a mansion/theater lol
very nice. thanx much.
if i have acces to lots of Blue skin should i do my basement walls before I frame it up? its free…
Good tip.
Good point. My thought was that by default that would happen. Many more videos are in progress. Thanks for commenting, that was great advice.
Big fan Tim, but shouldnt you note that the primary reason for holding out from the blocks 3/4in, is so your studs and insulation dont sponge the moisture off the blocks and secondly… b/c of plumb issues? Keep the vids coming, we watch em’.
thank thank me and my wife love you
Yes, we use treated lumber on our bottom plates too. Secure them with glue and a Ramset. If your a DIY’er and don’t have access to a ramset you can use cut nails, or case hardened nails. Be SURE to wear eye protection when pounding cut nails because they can spit off chunks of metal at high velocity. I have seen a guy get a chunk of steel in his arm pounding one of these nails.
interesting video
If you have a moisture/mildew problem now, it is best not to finish your basement until that is fixed. After that, wood is the way to go. Metal studs will rust from the slightly damp air.
I am getting ready to put up walls in my basement, but feel that wood studs are NOT the way to go b/c of moisture and mildew problems. So, I’m looking at going w/light weight steel.
shouldnt pressure treated stock be a must against any concrete surface? Thats just what I have always gone by, but is it really needed? Thanks for the great pointers by the way tim…i just always thought wood in contact with concrete needs to be pressure treated stock.