Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions
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
Using a Basement for Winemaking
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
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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Ben Ingham is a retired educator and owner of The Hairy Potters custom stoneware studio. He has recently purchased 80 acres of barren land with his wife Betty. On the land they are...read more
"This is Ben Ingham with Expert Village talking about a walk out basement. We knew that we wanted a walk in basement cause we wanted a road coming in so we can have material and supplies for making wine and beer and also a way to get the finish product back out. If it is done is a basement no exterior opening it is very difficult to get it out and get it to go where you want to. So I have develop road that comes in here and eventually it would be rounded but the opening here you have to put in a large double wide door so I can actually get a small wagon or trailer into wine making room so it would be a much easier to access all the things that we needed. "
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maddad1 said
on 1/13/2009 Apparently Ben failed to consult with a structural engineer and built his wall with several severe errors. The lateral horizontal stress of the adjacent grade was not taken into consideration and he had a failure in his wall. He shortchanged his psi level for his concrete and used lighter cinder block with insufficient grout within the walls to make his physical labor experience easier. This resulted in the failure of the wall. I would wonder also about the size and dimensions of his footings in his pad and how much structural steel was used. His method is fine for a low decorative cinder block wall such as a divider but is insufficient for his purposes. I hope he corrected ALL of the structural problems so he can a safe and worthy area to work in. Good luck Ben.