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Comments (5)littlebug - that was my wife's original approach. It would certainly be cheaper. Guess we're thinking of an edgier, more contemporary feel, but the straight lines are more practical in many ways. We'll have to curtains inside bedroom because of the glass but it'll be more fun with the glass, I guess? Mark-great idea! Provides angular symmetry with SW bedroom/office. Further it expands theater so we can pack more teenagers in, ha ha. The main room wouldn't be harmed by losing a few square feet....See MoreWe have been in new construction 2 1/2 months- beams pulling away HELP
Comments (39)Older houses are a lot more air- leaky. Air flows around much more easily in an older home. Most newer construction tries to be as air-tight as possible. Plus I believe newer construction with cement as the foundation is going to add humidity to the air for awhile too - my new home ran high on humidity as the concrete continued to dry out for the first few months or so we were in there. It's a combination of issues I think. I don't necessarily think every newer home is going to fall over in a brief power outage. :-) The original poster said this has been going on for over 2 months, and that they were well above 80% humidity for awhile. That's tropical rainforest level! Plus they had a flooded crawlspace and needed mold remediation on top of that. There are some serious water issues at play here....See MoreConstructing a storm/"safe" room in basement of new build - advice?
Comments (43)I put one in my basement in WI. Same thing, just chose a corner then poured 2 extra concrete walls while they formed the rest of the basement walls. Steel door + frame with a mortise strike and deadbolt, it's overkill but my door is fire and hurricane rated. I chose to do nothing for the ceiling (open to wood trusses) because it's only 8'6" x 12' I put 1 hvac supply vent in there to better climate control it, the floor is heated (because the rest of the basement had it anyway), and I added a small floor drain in the center. Added an alarm system control panel in there, and a landline (since IT rack is in there too). Room is on its own circuit. IT rack has HUGE ups (uninterrupted power supply) batteries to keep my internet/cameras up in a power outage, but it also powers backup lights in the safe room and can charge phones I use mine for my IT rack location and gun safe. Once I get to it, I plan to turn the entire room into a "gun safe room" in itself, then I'll have a cabinet in there with emergency supply stuff should the family ever need to sit in there. Eventually I'll hang a cheap TV in there if I come across a free one, to display house cameras. I too was torn between the "do I make this into a big functional room or just do a large closet" but decided on the latter since it would be used much more as a gun room than we would ever need to sit and wait out tornadoes as a family pics before floor was poured: If I designed it again, I might have just chose a location closer to my staircase/exit...See MoreNeed help designing new construction finished basement
Comments (10)Thanks, Sharon. Our budget is pretty small -- we are basically building on a shoestring here -- and I think we have done the best with what we can afford (but we're certainly not pros at this!). However, it is a full walkout on the side with the door, and the elevation on the front and rear slope down, like the sides on the house you show. The elevation drawings I included aren't up to date with the most recent grading plan. It's a little less conventional but fits our desire for a south facing long side of the house as well as the current elevation of the site. The reason we were trying to avoid the beam is because our foundation guy told me that we can't have a beam sitting over the door for structural reasons. We are doing a pre-cast (Superior) wall for the foundation....See MoreUser
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