Basement closets/storage - WWYD?
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Comments (7)ModuTile is a good option. I'm still in decision hell myself. I put down eco rubber backed carpet tiles. Good quality but a year later i had a small flood. So they all went out on the lawn to dry, it rained, ...lol. Back down and another small flood. (just the back 1/5th of the floor) but still enough to be a pain. My moisture issues are almost solved in that area but i still have some research to do. An exterior corner that is a few feet below grade needs to be excavated and dealt with properly from the outside. New hot water system and washer hoses solved the earlier issues. Still, a snap system floor meant for basements is the way to go. Getting a good bond to the existing slab might be a loosing battle. When i pulled up the original owners int/ext wall to wall, The grid lines and glue are visible from the original vinyl tile that obviously failed. I've considered the rubber snap together for the back half where we have storage and workroom. I don't want anything that would absorb moisture. Here is a link that might be useful: rubber tiles...See MoreHelp with basement storage
Comments (2)Hmm, ours includes: --boxes of books, --spare and excess furniture moved from a larger house--mattresses, beds, tables, book shelves, TVs including a 240lb. Panasonic GAO, abandoned fish tanks, boxes of kitchen appliances, dishes etc., many unused, as mrs. worthy has never seen anything that couldn't be bought "just in case". --thirty banker's boxes of business records required should the Canada Revenue Agency take a sudden interest in me. --a dozen bins of my daughter's off-season clothes. --my late Mom's delicate doll collection. --a number of Pentax 35mm cameras and lenses from when I earned a living using them. --school report cards and essays not only from our children but from when Ike was president--and bombing some other Mid-Eastern country! Oh, you get the picture. Lots of those too!...See MoreHow many storage closets do I need in my house?
Comments (14)This is hard one. New home build has.. (small farmhouse) We have a pantry and a tall pantry cabinet too.. pantry has vaccum & brushes. We have a small hallway between rooms that has space for officey stuff, charging, counter for snacks for party.. but mostly printer and laptop support stuff.. upper cabinets. We have a dresser in the small main floor bath instead of closet. We have a shoe closet because we like Japan style. We have a large nice coat closet plus a simple mud room with hooks at another entrance and farm boots. we have a homeschool supply cabinet/a matching one for coat closet we have a linen closet/built in in the hallway upstairs that is actually a basecabinet with wood counter and a upper wall cabinet built in (like office hallway) we have a full linen closet outside of bathroom door on this level too sharing the upstairs vac/broom and cleaning supplies we have a shallow shelf with sliding doors in upstairs bath for small items but not a fan of cloth hanging out in the bathroom.. in hallway. interestingly we don't have closets for the kids yet. We want an easy layout with what we have with windows and doors.. vents.. going modern and growing with them style.. we have are farmers but we have a 4' wide door in BR with another 4' wide open curtain place for me.. I like tall dressers and need more places for folding, jeweler and underwear.. have nice pieces that do best folded.. hate closet systems, want light and pretty space instead. Velvet curtains ;) basment is full! We have a plan for dedicated and double checked (insects and others) but want true dressers indtead of tubs and wall stuff. Want to sew and love basement.. don't want walls covered.. want art and more fancy room stuff in basement. Going for dressers for Christmas, sweaters.. and sometimes buffet peices.. do not want a Rubbermaid look! I want to do something amazing with my basement too.. not sure exactly but more living room, play room, art studio with storage much lower than normal storage rooms. Also having a vac & broom in the have closet....See MoreOpen concept basement with a lot of closet and interior doors.
Comments (11)I know what you saying ladies, it's always good to have an extra opening. I guess the way they looking at it if you awake, you can hear the smoke alarm and have enough time to escape simply put... If you sleeping you might not hear the alarm, and by the time you hear it and wake up, it could be too late, so each sleeping room must have an additional escape route or rescue entry point so the fireman can climb in and out wearing full gear. I can see in NY this being enforced more because most houses are attached and even single family homes are semi-attached or separated by the driveway... not to mention they make any hole in the wall habitable because they rent them for 1k a month... You see basements with a stove next to a bed and table and a clothes hanger and they get 1000- 1500 a month....See Moreautumn.4
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