{"id":10855,"date":"2007-03-22T13:22:51","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=10855"},"modified":"2008-07-28T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:27:26","slug":"wood-construcio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/03\/wood-construcio\/","title":{"rendered":"wood construcion in the basement???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"\" href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My wife and I just bought our first house, a brick row house, and the basement is pretty dry and solid with concrete floors.  On one side of the basement, there&#8217;s a room that&#8217;s been built and it&#8217;s framed out in wood (with paneled walls, linoleum tiles, dropped ceiling, etc).  The inspector warned that wood construction in a basement is generally not a good idea (attracts termites, not good with moisture, etc).  My question is how big a problem do people think this is?  The house is pretty dry and we don&#8217;t have any known termit damage, so can I just use the room indefintitely for storage, etc. \u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00c2\u00a0or is it really worth being proactive and taking out all the wood constructon in the basement (and use other materials if I want to recreat an enclosed room down there). <\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for any advice on this question!! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife and I just bought our first house, a brick row house, and the basement is pretty dry and solid with concrete floors. On one side of the basement, there&#8217;s a room that&#8217;s been built and it&#8217;s framed out in wood (with paneled walls, linoleum tiles, dropped ceiling, etc). 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