Forum: Cellar
October 5, 2009
Basement Storage Units
Hi,
Does anyone know a reputable (preferably local) company that will install basement storage lockers into apartment buildings?
October 2, 2009
Termites In the Basement
Termite tubes (two long, several short) have appeared between a few joists (near stubblestone walls, no adjoining house) at the rear of a brownstone basment. One company says bait stations: drill in two places at the front of the house next to the stoop and two places in the backyard of the house. Another says drill the joists and bait, then drill below the rear paving blocks (including one on my neighbor's property, with permission, of course). What works? My brownstone is a significant investment to protect and I want to stop the infestation. Can anyone help with advice?
Stew
September 22, 2009
Leaky Cellar
I have had intermittent leaking in my cellar ever since we moved into our house and I am pretty sure that it is coming from the neighboring apartment building next door. The super for that building refuses to let me into his cellar, so I don't know for sure. The absentee landlord is pretty sketchy and does not return any correspondence. I can't even get his phone number. I have tried getting the DEP to help but they can't force the issue unless there is a constant flow coming into the basement. I would put up with the leaking (put in a sump pump) but I think part of my cellar floor is caving in. Is there anything short of serving the landlord with papers to resolve this?
September 15, 2009
Documents in Humid Basement
Any advice on keeping paper files in a humid basement? Keeping the records in our co-op member's apartment is becoming a space constrained, but protecting the documents is also important.
August 21, 2009
"Livable" Cellars?
I walked through a fixer-upper this morning and as we were standing in the fully subterranean cellar, the agent kept telling me that all I'd need to do is tile it to make a great rec room and have five floors of livable space.
I know it is a terrible idea (it is a small basement. The furnace and hot water heater and maybe some storage shelves are all I'd want down there.) but I'm wondering if it is even legal for him to tell me I could make this subterranean space "livable"?
July 16, 2009
Digging a Basement Out
Looking to dig out a basement on a 15 by 100 property and wanted to get some advice regarding.
June 23, 2009
Dig Stairs Outside to Cellar
I'd like to finish our cellar as a teen hangout room, and have stairs dug from the cellar to back yard for egress, light, and air. Any experience with how involved this and some sense of expense involved? We already have good ceiling height - over 7 feet.
June 17, 2009
Sealant for cement floor? Advice
Renovated basement with unfinished cement floor. Don't want to put down tile cause I'll lose headroom. Floor is porous cement. Is there some kind of sealant to cover the floor so that it can be easily swept and mopped?
June 2, 2009
Recession At An End?
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. recession that began in December 2007 may have ended in May, said John Ryding, using the Institute for Supply Management’s factory index as a guide.
Readings greater than 41.2 on a sustained basis are usually
consistent with economic expansions, according to the Tempe, Arizona-based purchasers’ group. The CHART OF THE DAY shows
May’s reading of 42.8 surpassing the horizontal red line at the 41.2 mark. The vertical lines show the end of previous recessions and beginning of expansions.
The ISM gauge “is the greenest shoot yet in the recession-
drawing-to-a-close thesis,” Ryding, chief economist at RDQ
Economics LLC in New York, said in a note to clients yesterday.
“The ISM report is a very important indicator of the cyclical
state of the economy and it tentatively suggests that May is a
plausible candidate for the recession trough.”
What’s more, two of the most forward-looking components of
the ISM index are also flashing recovery, Ryding said. The
orders index climbed to 51.1, above the 50 breakeven level for
the first time since the month before the recession started. In
addition, the measure of supplier deliveries, a component of the
Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators, gained
almost five points.
May 18, 2009
Fixing up basement
Finally converted to gas heat from oil (Parkset Plumbing, so far so good) and want to fix up the basement as play area for children. A few months ago someone recommended somebody for this job (nothing fancy) but I can't find the post. Does anyone have any advice or reommendations for this kind of job? Thanks!