We started a major house renovation last fall. Part of that project allowed us to gain interior access to our old, original basement (our house was originally built in 1896!). Prior to the renovation, we
Whether your house has a basement, a crawl space, or a root cellar, any space below grade is subject to water infiltration and its damaging effects. Let’s look at how to keep the water (and damp) out.
Think of the last good scary movie you've seen, and more likely than not it included a scene staged in a creepy basement somewhere. What is it about basements that often brand them as ominous? Keep your basement from becoming the set for the next hit thriller by preventing the five horror stories outlined here:
Transforming a Damp, Dark Basement With a Dirt Floor - Now Dry & Clean - The homeowners were tired of their damp, musty basement and the poor air quality due to
Some tricks and treats to help make home energy costs less spooky this Halloween season.
The editors of This Old House pick the best basement remodels from this year's annual Search for America's Best Remodel Contest
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We started a major house renovation last fall. Part of that project allowed us to gain interior access to our old, original basement (our house was originally built in 1896!). Prior to the renovation, we
We transformed our basement laundry room with a little paint and leftover flooring!
If you have an old basement with the laundry downstairs like me, you may want ideas to update and refresh your space. This project has been...
Fix Your Wet Basement Permanently! RadonSeal Penetrating Concrete Sealers help Waterproof Concrete, Brick, and Stone.
Q: How can I deal with a little water seepage along two walls of the unfinished stone basement in my 100 year-old house? A: It’s not unusual for old,
Small Finished Basement Ideas For a Cheap Basement Makeover On A Budget (Before & After Pics Too!) Basement Makeover Ideas! LOTS of pictures and images of gorgeous DIY finished basement ideas on a budget –...
Welcome to my dark and dreary basement stairwell! Spoiler alert: It's not dark and dreary anymore! But first let me give you a quick tou...
A poor framing job can bring a whole mess of problems, so we asked a professional framing carpenter how to best build basement walls.
Doorway to the locker room in the gritty, creepy, basement morgue of the old Beach Army Hospital, long abandoned at Fort Wolters, near Mineral Wells, Texas. Shot in December of 2008. Night, pitch black morgue, CTO-gelled flashlight and red-gelled strobe.
Don't let your Scary Basement get the best of you. Check out how we Makeover this dark space into a Laundry Room we love to visit!
Complexity score: 3 of 10 Cost score: 2 of 10 The mortar is drying out and turning into sand. The wall is thick so this 1 inch or less of loose mortar is not of a structural concern, mo…
An attic is the ultimate guardian of secrets; a hiding place for all sorts of things disguised in the darkness and the dust– family history, forgotten treasure, architectural follies and perhaps a few skeletons in the closet? I thought it was about time we dedicated a brief compendium to the attic: the most mysterious and…
