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Old Jan 30th 2015, 2:51 am
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
...... I want our basement to look like that, with nice walls and proper flooring ...

One day.
I want a basement.

One day.

Pulaski Manor has a walk-in crawlspace with a dirt floor. What's the effin' point in that?
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
I want a basement.

One day.

Pulaski Manor has a walk-in crawlspace with a dirt floor. What's the effin' point in that?
It's ok for bodies.
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Originally Posted by Nutek
It's built as below grade, and yet it isn't. Kind of odd choice really. Probably due to the proximity of the river, but still strange.
Ours is basically just a downstairs with no drywall. The deepest below grade part is about 4'. You could, if you wanted to, put a door to the back yard in.

Originally Posted by Pulaski
I want a basement.

One day.

Pulaski Manor has a walk-in crawlspace with a dirt floor. What's the effin' point in that?
Beyond access to plumbing, I don't know what the point in that is.
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Originally Posted by Nutek
It's ok for bodies.
I had to remove one once. It stank the place up, and I was told to remove it when it started to permeate the house.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
I had to remove one once. It stank the place up, and I was told to remove it when it started to permeate the house.
You should have buried it under the patio ...
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
You should have buried it under the patio ...
Or the gayzebra
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
..... Beyond access to plumbing, I don't know what the point in that is.
It's become something of a dumping ground for stuff including, among other things, a stack of rough-sawn 2x and 1x timber from my own trees, a sledge, my generator, some unused plumbing pipes, two animal traps, and my short extension ladder.
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
You should have buried it under the patio ...
I buried it on the bank opposite the sunroom. ..... BTW it was a feral cat.

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Originally Posted by Nutek
It is. Sort of narrow bit next to the furnace.
So you store boxes and boxes of paper next to your furnace?

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I'll say!!


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Probably due to the proximity of the river.
That could come in handy, all that water!
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
It's become something of a dumping ground for stuff including, among other things, a stack of rough-sawn 2x and 1x timber from my own trees, a sledge, my generator, some unused plumbing pipes, two animal traps, and my short extension ladder.
That's universal, that. Have space, will fill it with crap

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I buried it on the bank opposite the sunroom. ..... BTW it was a feral cat.
How nice of it to choose your house under which to snuff it.
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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
So you store boxes and boxes of paper next to your furnace?



I'll say!!




That could come in handy, all that water!
The 500 gallon tank of Propane is probably the thing to watch.
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The 500 gallon tank of Propane is probably the thing to watch.
I tell you what ...
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I tell you what ...
Hmmm... I could do with some Propane accessories.
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Originally Posted by Nutek
The 500 gallon tank of Propane is probably the thing to watch. .....
Do you need someone to hold your beer while we watch?
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Do you need someone to hold your beer while we watch?
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Originally Posted by Nutek
The 500 gallon tank of Propane is probably the thing to watch.
Ooooooh, I hope there's a lot of water in that river!
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