Nov 7, 2016 · Better to keep it all on one level, either no basement or full basement. The characteristics of the underlying soil and depth of frost penetration would be helpful to know. In central Alberta, assuming a clay soil and frost penetration of five feet, I would probably use drilled concrete filled piles or screw piles for the ground floor and ...

Jul 31, 2017 · Storm Shelter/Partial Basement/Cellar for New Build, House, 6 replies Finishing a Basement or Partial Garage Conversion on Long Island, Long Island, 3 replies Info on biceps tendon tear...full or partial tear, Health and Wellness, 0 replies What exactly is a partial basement?, Missouri, 10 replies

Sep 2, 2007 · partial basement? that could mean a couple of things. either the basement doesnt cover the whole house or its partially finished. i've been out there looking at houses and see basements that are as big as a good sized bedroom and people just use it as a storage area.

Nov 15, 2002 · It has a partial basement with CMU block. The wall is constructed with bed joints, but no vertical mortar joints. There is no cracking in the wall, but some minor gaps in the joints, but it looks like there might be some type of key in the blocks holding it all together and the gaps may have been left during construction.

Mar 19, 2014 · Basement/cellar with dirt walls and partial dirt floor, House, 13 replies Does your Texas home have a basement or storm shelter, Texas, 24 replies Outside Cellar Door to the Basement - not on C of O ?, Long Island, 1 replies Storm Shelter or Basement?, Missouri, 17 replies They help build storm cellar?, Arkansas, 3 replies

Mar 25, 2013 · We own a 1929 American Foursquare and luckily, our basement is finished with a concrete floor and cinderblock/concrete walls. However, my neighbor next door has dirt walls. She had a problem last year with a possum digging a tunnel from the outside and broke through the dirt wall and trying to build a nest.

Jun 3, 2006 · I have a split level home with an attached 1-car garage. We're demolishing the attached 1-car garage to build a new 2-car detached garage behind the home. Our rec room, which is 1/2 below grade, has an exit to the attached garage. From the rec room you open the door, walk up four steps, and...

Jun 3, 2006 · RE: Best method to waterproof cold joint in partial basement foundation henri2 (Materials) 7 Jun 06 02:35 Though this has nothing to do with the question posed, I wonder if the landing at door (length measured in direction of travel)complies with provisions of IRC or applicable building code/regulation.

Oct 1, 2014 · RE: partial basement of a transport terminal KootK (Structural) 1 Oct 14 13:37 If we're talking about less than one full story below grade, then I'd say no, it's probably not efficient.

Oct 1, 2014 · The conventional solution would be regular CIP basement walls capable of performing the retaining function. How deep are you going? Your other post on this led me to believe that this was a deep basement project.