Do you have a basement also?

[zipper]

I have been told that I am lucky that I have a basement also to keep my stuff in to keep it out of my garage.I can get to my basement from my garage. My house is 100 years old and it used to be a root celler. The basement is about 30x30 with sand stone walls. It has a wall running down the middle. I have my wood burning furnace in one corner. well here are some pics.

 

[justinmc]

My house is a split entry.. I have pretty much a full basement underneath with a full living area, laundry area, workspace for the other half, bathroom, etc. Its finished out living space vs. storage/work space like yours. It'd be nice to have a detached garage w/ a basement portion in part of it for storing stuff.

Question... around here we generally stack any wood for wood burning stoves, fireplaces, etc out along the fenceline away from the house lest it gather or contain termites that might infest the house. Is that not a concern where your at?

 

[boiler7904]

My builder didn't offer a basement on the lot we built on since we back up to the neighborhood storm water retention pond. I miss having a basement except for every once in a while when the pond goes over its banks. I'd love to have the storage space but can deal with not having to clean up the mess from floods.

 

[zipper]

My house is a split entry.. I have pretty much a full basement underneath with a full living area, laundry area, workspace for the other half, bathroom, etc. Its finished out living space vs. storage/work space like yours. It'd be nice to have a detached garage w/ a basement portion in part of it for storing stuff.

Question... around here we generally stack any wood for wood burning stoves, fireplaces, etc out along the fenceline away from the house lest it gather or contain termites that might infest the house. Is that not a concern where your at?

That is enough wood for about a month. I have a lot more up on the hill stacked up.

 

[justinmc]

That is enough wood for about a month. I have a lot more up on the hill stacked up.

So the woodburner acts as your main source of heat? How's that work as far as putting ash/soot into the air and having it gather on furniture and stuff? Just curious... Around here we use natural gas or electric... some neighbors have wood burners just to heat basements or family room areas in lieu of a fireplace.

 

[TorqueWrench]

So the woodburner acts as your main source of heat? How's that work as far as putting ash/soot into the air and having it gather on furniture and stuff? Just curious... Around here we use natural gas or electric... some neighbors have wood burners just to heat basements or family room areas in lieu of a fireplace.

Hi Justin...there are folks around KC using wood for heat. My uncle has a wood or pellet furnace that works in conjuntion with their gas furnace. I don't know much about it, but I think it just uses the furnaces fan to distribute the heat that you are making in the stove...

 

[Bruce T]

I'm lucky enough to have an atached 3 car with a basement and a seperate staircase going into the basement through the garage and one in the house. It is very handy for unloading **** that I don't want to take into the house. But, I also built a 34x48 shop with a 16x48 upstairs for the **** that belongs outside but not in my shop.

 

[timgr]

I have a very fine basement, the original footprint of the house (24'x35'). It's entirely unobstructed except for the oil tank and furnace. No good pictures though (I only have pictures showing the A-word pipe insulation;I can post those if you all are interested) - I take possession in a few days, and can add them then.

The only problem is that it is not a walk-in basement; I have to step down through a bulkhead. And the stariway in the house is a real head-banger.

I was thinking the same thing about bugs and the wood in the basement pictured above...

 

[fastzr1]

No basement here. My old house in NC didn't have one either since the water table was too high. My Dad had one in his house when I was a kid and when I find my final home to retire in I'll have a basement.

 

[Finley]

looks pretty similar to my moms "laundry room" it used to house the wood burning stove, but thats long gone. now it houses the water heater, washer/dryer, and is my stepdads workshop

 

[zipper]

So the woodburner acts as your main source of heat? How's that work as far as putting ash/soot into the air and having it gather on furniture and stuff? Just curious... Around here we use natural gas or electric... some neighbors have wood burners just to heat basements or family room areas in lieu of a fireplace.

Yes wood burning is my main source of heat. It is plumbed into my exesting duck work. I have my gas furnace set on 65 deg. so if the fire goes out while we are gone the gas furnace will kick on. But I use almost no gas. When we bought the house we knew we could not aford to heat with gas (100 year old house no insulation) so we dected to try to heat with wood it has already payed for itself. I think so far tis year I have burnt about 6 fullsize truck loads of wood. I dont think that is to bad. before we moved in the average gas bill wa $400 but that was before new windows,siding,mtal roof.
here is a link to the furnace I have.

http://www.usstove.com/cgi-bin/csvsearchProdindivid.pl?ID=125

 

[KGorney]

I actually have two basements. The main basement is under 2/3 of the house footprint. In 1926 (dated carved in the concrete), a second basement was added under the remaining 3rd. No entrance into the house or other basement, just an exterior door. The main basement is about 800 square feet with an 8.5 foot ceiling, the second basement is about 500 square feet with a 7 foot ceiling.
Once my detached garage is finished, the second basement will become exclusively my workshop (carpentry, woodworking, remodeling, etc).
Basements are very handy!

 

[wilbilt]

No basement here. They are very rare in California.

I am most envious of those that have them.

 

[logical]

The door on the right.....

leads to mine.....about 2700 square feet of extra space. The third closest to the garage will stay mostly workshop/storage/utility and the other 2/3 will be finsihed eventually as a gameroom/bar. A separate stairwell (seen at left in pic) in the house is near the middle of the area. Pretty typical arrangement in Michigan and the sloped lot makes it a "walkout" at the rear (basement floor is at ground level)