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FINISHING BASEMENTS Step-by-step Projects for Adding Living Space Without Adding On MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA www.creativepub.com Contents The Complete Guide to Finishing Basements Introduction REMODELING BASICS Evaluating & Planning Basement Possibilities Evaluating Your Basement Remodeling Codes & Practices Planning Your Project Improving Basement Environments Controlling Moisture Controlling Pests Insulating Basements Improving Heating & Cooling Upgrading Ventilation Adding Electrical Circuits Floors Preparing Basement Floors Creating Decorative Concrete Finishes Installing Radiant Floors Laying Tile Floors Installing Laminate Plank Floors Laying Resilient Tile Floors Installing Rubber Roll Floors Laying Carpet Walls & Ceilings Wall & Ceiling Options Framing Furred-Out Walls Building Partition Walls Framing Walls with Steel Studs Framing Soffits Installing Drywall Finishing Drywall Installing Paneling Installing a Suspended Ceiling Installing an Acoustic Tile Ceiling Windows, Doors & Trim Installing an Egress Window Replacing Basement Windows Trimming Basement Windows Installing Prehung Interior Doors Installing Pocket Doors Installing Bifold Doors Installing Walkout Patio Doors Installing Molding BASEMENT ROOMS Basement Room Projects Bathroom Guest Bedroom Family Room Laundry Center Wine Cellar Gym Home Office Built-in Bar Conversion Charts Resources & Photo Credits Index Introduction The modern basement is a far cry from the musty, low-ceilinged root cellars and cisterns carved out beneath our homes around the turn of the last century. Our seemingly unquenchable thirst for more space in our homes has caused home designers, builders, and owners to squeeze every possible square foot of living space from our houses. And this effort to maximize space has focused attention squarely on the basement. No longer the exclusive habitat of utility rooms, workshops, and the occasional bar and party room, today’s basements have opened up to the full gamut of space usage. Family rooms, bedrooms, wine cellars, home gyms, home theaters, offices . . . if there is a dedicated room for doing it, you can easily find it in the basement. During the last years of the 1990s and the first years of this century, new home construction boomed. Contractors developed new efficiencies that enabled them to erect houses with unprecedented speed so they could keep up with demand. One of these strategies was to forego time- consuming finishing where they could, and in particular in the basement. As a result, hundreds of thousands of homes were built with an unfinished basement. This was a benefit for the homebuyers as well because it shaved several thousand dollars off the construction price in a market where costs were soaring. And, being by nature ambitious, new homeowners everywhere vowed to take on the challenge of finishing their basements themselves. If you are among the new homeowners whose basement is an empty space with a few plumbing stub- outs and little else but potential, this book is for you. In it you’ll find answers to all of the questions you have undoubtedly formed as you’ve dreamt about the many options that await you below the grade. If you own an older house with a basement that has been finished a few decades ago but is badly in need of an update, you will also find the information you need in the pages of The Complete Guide to Finishing Basements. From design to planning and execution, we show you in vivid detail the steps you’ll need to take to expand your living space in beautiful new ways. When you’re remodeling a house, just about everything changes once you get below ground. Most of the unique challenges found in basement building are related to water and moisture issues. But other factors come into play as well: access, ventilation, clearances, and egress are just a few of them. All of the information in this book is reported with the specific demands of basement remodeling in mind so you can be confident when using it for guidance. Creating comfortable new living space in your basement is a very rewarding way to expand the horizons of your house while adding value by increasing the assessable square footage.

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Creating extra living space affordably has never been easier. This book shows dozens of different uses for basement spaces, then shows readers exactly how to accomplish each task. Painstakingly clear photos leave nothing to the imagination, as they teach consumers exactly how to handle modern materi
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FINISHING BASEMENTS Step-by-step Projects for Adding Living Space Without Adding On MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA www.creativepub.com Contents The Complete Guide to Finishing Basements Introduction REMODELING BASICS Evaluating & Planning Basement Possibilities Evaluating Your Basement Remodeling Codes & Practices Planning Your Project Improving Basement Environments Controlling Moisture Controlling Pests Insulating Basements Improving Heating & Cooling Upgrading Ventilation Adding Electrical Circuits Floors Preparing Basement Floors Creating Decorative Concrete Finishes Installing Radiant Floors Laying Tile Floors Installing Laminate Plank Floors Laying Resilient Tile Floors Installing Rubber Roll Floors Laying Carpet Walls & Ceilings Wall & Ceiling Options Framing Furred-Out Walls Building Partition Walls Framing Walls with Steel Studs Framing Soffits Installing Drywall Finishing Drywall Installing Paneling Installing a Suspended Ceiling Installing an Acoustic Tile Ceiling Windows, Doors & Trim Installing an Egress Window Replacing Basement Windows Trimming Basement Windows Installing Prehung Interior Doors Installing Pocket Doors Installing Bifold Doors Installing Walkout Patio Doors Installing Molding BASEMENT ROOMS Basement Room Projects Bathroom Guest Bedroom Family Room Laundry Center Wine Cellar Gym Home Office Built-in Bar Conversion Charts Resources & Photo Credits Index Introduction The modern basement is a far cry from the musty, low-ceilinged root cellars and cisterns carved out beneath our homes around the turn of the last century. Our seemingly unquenchable thirst for more space in our homes has caused home designers, builders, and owners to squeeze every possible square foot of living space from our houses. And this effort to maximize space has focused attention squarely on the basement. No longer the exclusive habitat of utility rooms, workshops, and the occasional bar and party room, today’s basements have opened up to the full gamut of space usage. Family rooms, bedrooms, wine cellars, home gyms, home theaters, offices . . . if there is a dedicated room for doing it, you can easily find it in the basement. During the last years of the 1990s and the first years of this century, new home construction boomed. Contractors developed new efficiencies that enabled them to erect houses with unprecedented speed so they could keep up with demand. One of these strategies was to forego time- consuming finishing where they could, and in particular in the basement. As a result, hundreds of thousands of homes were built with an unfinished basement. This was a benefit for the homebuyers as well because it shaved several thousand dollars off the construction price in a market where costs were soaring. And, being by nature ambitious, new homeowners everywhere vowed to take on the challenge of finishing their basements themselves. If you are among the new homeowners whose basement is an empty space with a few plumbing stub- outs and little else but potential, this book is for you. In it you’ll find answers to all of the questions you have undoubtedly formed as you’ve dreamt about the many options that await you below the grade. If you own an older house with a basement that has been finished a few decades ago but is badly in need of an update, you will also find the information you need in the pages of The Complete Guide to Finishing Basements. From design to planning and execution, we show you in vivid detail the steps you’ll need to take to expand your living space in beautiful new ways. When you’re remodeling a house, just about everything changes once you get below ground. Most of the unique challenges found in basement building are related to water and moisture issues. But other factors come into play as well: access, ventilation, clearances, and egress are just a few of them. All of the information in this book is reported with the specific demands of basement remodeling in mind so you can be confident when using it for guidance. Creating comfortable new living space in your basement is a very rewarding way to expand the horizons of your house while adding value by increasing the assessable square footage.

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Creating extra living space affordably has never been easier. This book shows dozens of different uses for basement spaces, then shows readers exactly how to accomplish each task. Painstakingly clear photos leave nothing to the imagination, as they teach consumers exactly how to handle modern materi
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