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Last week I began a reply to D.C. about how best to finish a portion of his basement. The house is about a year old, so my first concern was that he make absolutely certain that there are not water ...

Q: We are finishing off part of the basement into a utility room. The washer, dryer, and laundry tub are already there, with the plumbing anchored to the cement walls. We have framed in the walls with ...

Though care is taken during construction to divert exterior water and moisture from the space, they are not waterproof.

Partition walls are easy to build with basic do-it-yourself tools and skills. But there are a few wrinkles when you build them in the basement, which is where many homeowners have the largest ...