I’d like to run a water line to the barn from the house. The idea is to drill a hole through the concrete wall in our basement (4 feet below the surface) and run the water pipe through the hole. I would then rent a trencher and dig a 4 foot deep trench to the barn. Because of the distance, I will be running plastic water pipe. The black plastic stuff.
A new house is being built near me. Right now, the foundation is poured. It will have a full basement - with 3 “escape” windows. When I look at the foundation, it is divided into 4 separate “areas.” The main area (with the escape windows) is what I presume will be the finished living area. On the front of the house, a rectangle sticks out, which I presume will be the front porch. There ...
Andrey Kamenov, Ph.D. Probability and Statistics According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction, the number of new houses with basements is declining across the U.S., down by almost a quarter from 40 percent of new homes in 2000 to 32 percent in 2013. Surprisingly, not only did the relative number of finished basements … Continue reading Finished basements are becoming more ...
Is a finished basement considered a "story" on a residential house? We are located in Alabama and are about to build a house but our covenants state we can not build over a 2 1/2 story height. In my opinion, we have a 1 1/2 story house on a basement. The basement and first floor have 1,200 sf. and the second level (1/2 story) has 600 sf. The peak of our house is high, about 30 feet above first ...