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    fluorescent chips/UV reactive?

    We have an unfinished basement in our home, still years away from finishing it, and with 4 kids aged 1, 3, 5, 7, nothing beats the open play space and durability of wood and concrete. We have LED black light strips and UV fluorescent tubes we swap into the lights down there for an annual...
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    Sealing unfinished basement floor

    We have an unfinished basement, total of about 1800sq ft. Part of that is already shop space, part is gym. The rest is future living/bedroom with full bath, and a full kitchen with half bath. We are starting to make some budgetary plans for finishing it in the next few years. I’m getting sick...
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    Light duty basement storage

    I am nearing the point on my basement shop where I can get all the shop tools out of my storage area, which is adjacent. This is a basement in upstate SC, I'm pretty confident we don't have water issues...new construction, poured concrete walls, we got about 8" of rain in a 5 day period around...
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    painting concrete...walls not floors

    I am nearing completion on setting up my work shop, so I will soon be able to move my cabinets and tools out of the unifinished storage area of our basement. Its dark back there, I will be doing a light colored epoxy on the floor. I would like to paint the concrete foundation walls that are on...
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    unfinished, daylit basement dehumidifier

    we are nearing completion of our new house. We are in upstate SC, temp yesterday was 99. humidity often very high as it is in the rest of the SE. Our basement is daylighted to the back yard. It is set up with an in-law suite, that has a full bath and closet that measures about 500sqft. The...
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    home gym floor/mirror sugggestions

    We are nearing completion of our first home, and we have an unfinished basement with roughed in plumbing and walls. We would like to use a portion of this as a workout room. my wife and I both like to incorporate free weights into our routine, mainly squat, bench, deadlifts, and some cable...
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    First time homeowner garage

    Hi all, I've lurked for a while, haven't posted much. My wife and I are building a new home and I will finally have my garage/workshop space the way I want it. This will be a slow process updating since we are still building the house. Finishing out the spaces will take some time (for my...
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    Removable wall cabinets

    Some background: I graduate from my residency in June, start new 'real' job in July. My wife and I aren't ready to buy/build a permanent home yet. $120k+ of student loan debt and still owning your house from med school will do that to you. As a result, we plan to rent, cheaply, for 1-2 ears...
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