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A valid point. Yet. The egress code for windows in a basement is to allow a fireman with a tank on his back in. This is only necessary in rooms with a closet (a bedroom). Cutting a foundation away to make way for a bigger window is a PITA. You probably have to dig and then you have a window below grade, which sucks. If you ignore code, as I did with my basement, it does make sense to have a lot of ways out. Here we have a very available stair case going up right to the main door and an easily accessible bulkhead door. If my daughter can't get to either of those with the open floor plan of my basement she's lost already.
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Well there aren't any bedrooms down there not will there be. Two of the 3 windows open large enough for an average sized person to get in or out
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Well I've been running a lot new wires around the laundry room and the nearby rooms. So far I've ran about 400 feet of wire on the first half of the house. Hopefully in the next week or 2 ill be hanging the drywall in the laundry room. Already picked out the cabinets and things for in there. I feel kind of weird saying this but I can't wait to get the laundry room finished
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DRYWALL!!!!
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Looks good. I don't envy you though, having to mud/tape that.
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I was planning on using a combination of PL300, expanding foam (great stuff), and tyvek tape to seal the floor to wall XPS boards. The reason why I don't want the wall directly on the floor as it will defeat the purpose of the delta flooring by damming up any water seepage. I plan on using the following detail for the floor on top of the delta floor. Things will be fastened. I'm hoping for very little moisture will the membrane and foam barriers. |
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