Living in your mom's basement... - Page 3

Fleck750 · 02-06-2011, 05:18 PM

This man would approve.

http://newfunny.com/wp-content/uploa.../04/holmes.jpg

Papa_Complex · 02-06-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by racedoll

Wish my basement was dry enough that I could something like this.

Good work!

If your basement isn't dry enough to finish, then you've got problems on the outside of the foundation.

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Originally Posted by caveman

Question:

Why did you use 2 x 6 for the wall studs? Why not 2x4 or alumastuds?

Don't know about the 2x6 but would you use metal studs, in a place with high humidity, and expect them to still be there in 10 years?

askmrjesus · 02-06-2011, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Fleck750

This man would approve.

http://newfunny.com/wp-content/uploa.../04/holmes.jpg

I like that guy. One of the only TV builders who actually knows what he's talking aboot.

JC

Papa_Complex · 02-06-2011, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by askmrjesus

I like that guy. One of the only TV builders who actually knows what he's talking aboot.

JC

And he, and Jim Caruk, occasionally hang around at motorcycle charity events. Caruk rides, but I haven't seen Holmes with a bike yet.

101lifts2 · 02-06-2011, 11:57 PM

I did basements with my father on Saturdays for 10 or so years....Chicago winters w/o heat working in the basements suck. Only the framing tho...Mexicans are for drywall and taping. lol

Looks sweet dude.

LeeNetworX · 02-07-2011, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

I did basements with my father on Saturdays for 10 or so years....Chicago winters w/o heat working in the basements suck. Only the framing tho...Mexicans are for drywall and taping. lol

Looks sweet dude.

my neighbor had 6 guys come in and completely drywall and mud his entire basement in one day. It was amazing how fast those guys worked. A couple of guys are coming today to sand and finish.

Particle Man · 02-07-2011, 01:30 PM

My basement has a stream running through it

I wish I could do that.

Papa_Complex · 02-07-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

My basement has a stream running through it

I wish I could do that.

Forget finishing it. Landscaping; that's the ticket. Make a real "man cave" out of it.

Porkchop · 02-07-2011, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by racedoll

Wish my basement was dry enough that I could something like this.

Good work!

Its possible. We just got done putting up sheetrock in ours, waiting to do ceiling and floors. Two years ago, every corner was wet and moldy. I made extra money over one summer by acid washing the walls to kill the mold, and then slapped down more than 30 tubs of super thoroseal. That shit is a miracle. It has completely changed how warm and dry the basement is.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053

Avatard · 02-07-2011, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Forget finishing it. Landscaping; that's the ticket. Make a real "man cave" out of it.

Leaky basement? No, water feature.

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Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	My basement has a stream running through it I wish I could do that. __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.