Choosing the Location to Build a Basement in your Home
Materials for Building a Basement
Supplies for Building a Basement
What Height Should Walls be for a New Basement?
Types of Concrete & Cinder Blocks for a Basement
How To Brace A Doorway
Troubleshooting When Building A Basement
How to Solve Onsite Construction Problems
Bowing Problems In Construction
What To Do With Extra Soil
Using a Basement for Winemaking
What is an I-Joist?
How To Prep A Roof for a Basement
Installing Plumbing When Building a Basement
Protecting Construction Materials
How to Protect Construction Site from the Elements
How to Stucco the Exterior Basement Walls
Structure Side Supports for Basement Walls
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Have you always wanted a basement but didn’t think it was feasible because you already live as close to the earth’s surface as humanly possible? Well worry no more my friend. Expert Village is here to fix all that. Here’s just the video series you’ve been waiting for. Have you ever heard of a walkout basement? You will in a moment. It’s one of the easiest ways to add storage space to any home without making massive adjustments to the structure.
Our expert, Ben Ingham, actually shows you a step-by-step process of how to build your own walkout basement all on your own. Why hire an expensive contractor that knows exactly what he’s doing when you can easily figure it out yourself through trial and error? Ben shows you all the materials you will need and the tools you will need for them. Each step is carefully explained in detail and in the end you will be able to compare his final product to yours and see if that no instruction rule you have should stay a rule or be vetoed.
"Talking about a walkout basement. As I was scouting the land, trying to find a place to where to build this. I was looking for land that sloped naturally this way and hopefully even had a drop off where the back of the basement would be for the walkout part of it. And this particular site on the property was very well suited to it because of the natural slope of the land was coming down towards the creek and then, right about the edge of where the walkout is, it dropped off pretty drastically. So, it made it easier, once I got the backhoe in here, to dig it all out and to haul the dirt out to various locations on the place so that I could get a place approximately ten feet deep because I had to pour a slab and then do up a concrete wall."
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