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- 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
- 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
- Is the furnace in Home Alone based on a real furnace model?
In Home Alone, a minor plot point involves Kevin overcoming his phobia of a fearsome-looking furnace in the basement of McCallister family home: The furnace resembles an old-style coal-fired gravity furnace in that it has a front grate and cluster of ducts coming out the top The movie furnace doesn’t seem to contain coal, but rather has something resembling a radiator and piping inside OK
- 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
- Converting Bilco basement door entry to an egress entrance (how much . . .
Any idea on cost to convert an existing Bilco basement door entry to an egress walkout type of entry?
- 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
- Does basement humidity affect upstairs living space humidity of house . . .
My basement has taken water a week or so ago While most of the water is gone, it is still humid, but cool down in the basement Does a humid, damp
- 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
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