Building Our Barndominium

[77cruiser]

No flooding of basements?

Only when the sump pump fails. Happened about 12 years ago.

 

[Shovelrick]

I worked on 2 homes in Dade city that had basements but they were up on hills, one home had a large in ground pool in the basement

 

[kmakar]

I worked on 2 homes in Dade city that had basements but they were up on hills, one home had a large in ground pool in the basement

Yeah, some good size hills in Dade City. Did a number of houses with pools and bowling alleys in the basement in CT.

Even did a garage that had a 24' high roof that had parking for 20 cars and included a full size heated basketball court. Some of those people had crazy money to spend.

 

[Molly's 70]

I have never heard of a wood basement.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

We have a modular basement:

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[Alwhite00]

Looks great.

 

[kmakar]

Cuts are finished, now to wait for the steel building.....

 

[77cruiser]

Nice job.

 

[kmakar]

Last night as the sun was setting you could see the reflection of the stub pipes coming out of the slab. Took them around 4 hours to polish the slab to a super smooth finish.

This will be the first place we've owned that the concrete will be the finished floor (which is why I wanted it polished).

Our intention is to water stain the concrete in the living quarters to a granite / terrazzo color / design, then seal it making it easy clean up. The shop will just be sealed.

 

[cheveslakr]

You're killing it! Imagine, never hearing a creek while you're raiding the frig at 3am.

 

[kmakar]

You're killing it! Imagine, never hearing a creek while you're raiding the frig at 3am.

What's better is I'm building a decoupled wall between the house and the shop to stop the noise coming from the shop so I can work all hours without bothering anyone.

I'm going to build the first wall and rock between the two walls, then double 5/8" rock the shop wall (facing the shop) and single 5/8" the interior wall making it almost 100% soundproof.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

Open headers at 2AM!!!

 

[kmakar]

Open headers at 2AM!!!

Not likely since I'll be sleeping..... but at 5am? Yep, no problem.

 

[Nashville Cat]

You're killing it! Imagine, never hearing a creek while you're raiding the frig at 3am.

Yeah, I need to screw down all of my floors whenever the carpet gets replaced with laminate someday.
It's very "creaky."

 

[Shovelrick]

Kevin I doubt a dog sleeping in the living quarters would even wake up if you dropped a wrench in the shop , I'm surprised the neighbors didn't petition to get me out of the neighborhood about 20 yrs ago, open drag pipes on my shovelhead 2-3AM every weekend LOL

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

When it is midnight and you are so close to firing a new engine up sometimes you just can't wait.

 

[kmakar]

Yeah, I like to try and be in bed no later than 10pm, but usually 9:30pm.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

Yeah, I like to try and be in bed no later than 10pm, but usually 9:30pm.

You and my FIL. He is in bed at 6:30 PM. IDK why, he has been retired for years and gets up at 4 AM

 

[kmakar]

You and my FIL. He is in bed at 6:30 PM. IDK why, he has been retired for years and gets up at 4 AM

Force of habit I guess. Been that way all my life. Don't get me wrong, I'll go out and stay out late, but when I'm home on a regular day, I like to get my rest. I'm up between 4am and 5am every day. The only way I can sleep past 6am is if I went to bed at 4am.

 

[Derek69SS]

No, it's in the ground. Lot of wood basements up here.

I have a wood basement too. Wood walls, concrete floor. Mine is only about half below grade, 3-4 feet... split-entry house.