Comments on: Concrete, Steel, and Demolition in My Basement https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:45:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Matt Jason https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/#comment-44700 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:45:51 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9080#comment-44700 Great read, Allison! It’s incredible how much goes into basement renovations, especially with concrete work. I can relate to the challenges of rerouting drains and dealing with multiple slab openings. It’s always fascinating (and sometimes frustrating) to see how one change can affect so many other parts of the project. Kudos to you for tackling these issues head-on and sharing the journey with us. The added support from the new footings must feel like a significant win! Can’t wait to see how the cooling installation turns out. Keep up the great work, and thanks for sharing these valuable insights!

]]> By: Allison Bailes https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/#comment-41406 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:46:47 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9080#comment-41406 In reply to Raymond.

Raymond: I did consider it…for about half a second. Digging up the whole foundation would have been very expensive and still wouldn’t have prevented me from having to gut the interior. See this video about what I found after we removed the drywall: https://youtu.be/3YBFp0bRoCA.

]]> By: Raymond https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/#comment-41373 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:58:37 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9080#comment-41373 Allison I too have an older home with a walkout basement here in northern Georgia. Before I renovate the interior I’m considering trenching around the outside in order to apply a waterproof membrane and attach rigid foam insulation to the block. Was this something you considered?

]]> By: HVAC Contractor https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/#comment-40899 Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:33:02 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9080#comment-40899 We have seen a lot of basements gutted over the past couple months due to the recent storm that we had. One of the biggest things that we have seen is basements that have an indoor HVAC system that gets ruined by the storm damage. Makes you totally re-think the positioning of your total HVAC system design. Great article.

]]> By: Allison Bailes https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/#comment-40881 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:55:07 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9080#comment-40881 In reply to Hugo Vargas.

Hugo: Depends on where you are. When I was a kid in Houston, we had a ranch house built in 1960 that had aluminum frame windows, and in the bedrooms, they were sliders, not double-hung. But yeah, a lot of houses from that era had the wood-frame windows and someone later added storm windows.

]]> By: Hugo Vargas https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/#comment-40880 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:39:44 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9080#comment-40880 Funny how every early 60’s ranch house has the same wooden, single-pane windows with compliment storm windows.

Hugo

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