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OK…If your wondering what lighting should be installed in your new finished basement spaces look no more! The # 1 BEST option for lighting the majority of your finished basement is the 6″ recessed light fixture. I have installed…let me see…over 500 basements worth of these these lights, and each …
Welcome to the basement plumbing stage. Here you will find information about how to plumb your basement like a pro, but in an easy to digest fashion. I’m always assuming that your brand new to this stuff! It’s been my experience that roughly 90% of all basement designs have some …
How do I heat my Basement? This is a popular question…one I get a lot. There are several different types of basement heating sources you can choice from. One of these sources would be considered a “primary” heating system and the others” both secondary” heating systems. We all know it’s …
Before I sat and began writing this post I needed to dissect the anatomy of a typical finished basement project. I wanted to organize the project into manageable ”bite-sized” finishing stages for you to follow. I needed to do this so you would not accidentally “put the cart before the horse” during …
Here’s the question I get most about basement framing basement doors…How wide do I frame the opening in the wall for my doors? This is a very good question! And…I have a very simple answer! What size “rough opening” width do I frame my basement door? So here’s what you …
Framing all of your 2″ x 4″ basement walls is really the first big “hands-on” stage of the basement finishing project. I love to frame! At the end of the day it really looks like ya did something amazing! So how do we go about this in the most logical, …
Electric Wire You Will Need to Finish your basement electric project: There are really only three types of wire that you will need purchase to finish your entire basement wiring project. These are in no particular order and they are: 12/2, 14/2 and 14/3 wire. I have wired 95% of all of …
It’s time to wire your basement! Yippy! OK…this is one of my favorite phases of the basement project! The electric stage of the basement used to be a BIG mystery to me, until a friend of mine showed me how SIMPLE it really is to wire a basement. Yep…I said …
If more folks knew just how easy it really is to add a bathroom to their basement project I think everyone would have a bathroom worked into their basement design! Sure there’s some technical stuff…but it’s easy stuff to learn how to do. I’ve taught a few thousand diy’ers this …
Do you need to install a sub panel in your basement to handle the new circuits you will be adding to the house? Well that’s a loaded question…and it all depends! Depends on what Mr. Ed you ask? Well…whether or not your existing panel box (load center) has the capacity …