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tag: basement

Basement Remodel

DeckGuy, member | April 18th, 2012

We remodeled this basement with the theme focused around the client's favorite football team.

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Switch-Up to SketchUp: Going Digital With Design

TheTimberTailor, member | February 29th, 20126 comments

If you want to take advantage of the many features offered by switching to a digital design format check out this tutorial for some insight into ways SketchUp can SpeedUp the process.

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House Crashers and EnvironmentalLights.com Transform Fourth Home Renovation Together

environmentallights, member | January 17th, 2012

EnvironmentalLights.com featured in its fourth episode of House Crashers, a hit TV show on the DIY Network EnvironmentalLights.com, a leading source for high-quality, energy-efficient LED lighting...

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Drab to Cheery Basement Remodel

orfielddesign, member | November 15th, 2011

This basement received a tremendous transformation. The wood paneling and dated bar was removed. We reconfigured the rooms and enlarged the bathroom by creatively placing the new fiberglass shower...

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Basement Bathroom, Family Room and Laundry Room Project

orfielddesign, member | November 15th, 2011

This basement was full of awkward spaces and configurations. The existing structural posts and mechanical piping created a design challenge. We started by moving the electrical panel out of the...

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Basement Family Room and Laundry Room

orfielddesign, member | November 15th, 2011

A large amount of work was done to renew the lower level of this 1936 Minneapolis home. Our clients’ major reason for doing this project was to have a family and laundry room that they enjoyed...

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Before & After: Basements--From blah to beautiful

FHBdotcom, editor | October 17th, 2011

Post photos of how you transformed your basement from blah to beautiful for a chance to win $100 worth of products from The Taunton Store.

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A Damp Basement has a Dehumidifier Running Overtime

ScottG, contributing writer | August 11th, 20116 comments

A homeowner in Atlanta has taken all of the usual precautions to keep moisture out of the basement. But he's still running a dehumidifier around the clock. Is there something else he can try?

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Building a radon-resistant home.

JW_Mejia, Blogger | July 27th, 20111 comment

What is deadly and might be lurking in your basement? No, not a Ninja (well probably not), in most cases it is Radon. And it is important to know what Radon is and how to ensure it isn't a threat to your household. From building to testing, I will share what I learned about Radon while building my house.

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Framing a dropped coffer ceiling

carpenter1138, member | July 17th, 2011

This will have a "suspended" or "droped" coffer that has the same curve as the barreled ceiling when completed. The ceiling above will be wood with rope lighting. More pictures to come!

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stair fix

carpenter1138, member | July 16th, 2011

Stair landing fix.

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Framing for a Barrel-Vaulted Coffered Ceiling

carpenter1138, member | July 16th, 2011

This is my design. The project will be completed by next spring, see you then!!

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How To Hang Drain Lines so They Stay Straight and Secure

cmiller, special-issues editor | April 7th, 20114 comments

Plumber Bruce Norman shares his secret to keeping PVC waste pipes right where he wants them.

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Jack helping us move the basement stairs

b_ward, member | March 16th, 2011

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We got 2-year-old Jack, a Shetland Sheepdog, a month ago from a couple that could no longer keep him.  He is new at...

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Steps in the Right Direction: Use SketchUp's Tools for Stairbuilding Plans

TheTimberTailor, member | March 2nd, 2011

The staircase model created in the Stairmathter blog post gets filled in with more details and components to calculate meaningful dimensions for code compliance and finish features

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Fine Basement Renovation

destorey, member | February 8th, 2011

We are a custom builder from Bolton, MA.  Often we are asked to help a customer with finishing a basement space.  In this case we recreated a formal space to match the home...

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What a damp basement can do to brick

Cermides, associate editor | March 23rd, 2010

Some science-savy builders help an editor understand what's causing the base of an old chimney to deteriorate.

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Theater Kitchenette

RobOlejniczak, member | December 15th, 20092 comments

This is a small kitchen I designed and built this year for a customer in Newport, RI.  It is part of their basement to media room conversion. The cabinets are poplar plywood construction, poplar...

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Knotty Pine Den Goes Contemporary

homemasons, member | March 30th, 2009

This room was dark, boring and out of date - a typical c.1960's lower-level den overwhelmed by the knotty pine paneling.  Other issues included a low, cracked, textured ceiling, poor...

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Lower Level Playroom

MNMike, member | March 27th, 2009

Here are some photos of a playroom I built for my boys in our walkout lower level.  The floor is engineered oak stapled down over dri-core underlayment.  The playhouse has two levels, one...

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