Basement renos / Discussions

...basements Building better basements: how to insulate your basement properly If you look at some of the diagrams in that page you will notice a few things that you may want to include in your renovations, specifically raising the bottom plate up on foam blocks to prevent water damage in case of flooding, that will also ...

...basement is only 21% of total under house footage. 79% is crawl space. Basement Never painted. Walls go up 4 ft to a 2ft wide ledge and then the old stone foundation. 1 side is an exterior wall; 3 sides are crawl space beyond the stone.  A lot of heat is lost through uninsulated basement floors, so good idea to fix tha...