Comments on: Under The Garage http://360winnett.com/2008/06/23/under-the-garage/ Just another Jeremy Bell Sites site Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:03:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Rebar, concrete, and more rebar | 360 Winnett Ave http://360winnett.com/2008/06/23/under-the-garage/#comment-98 Rebar, concrete, and more rebar | 360 Winnett Ave Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:09:01 +0000 http://www.360winnett.com/?p=110#comment-98 [...] I’ve previously mentioned, we decided very early on to excavate under our garage and take advantage of the 200 sqft that [...] [...] I’ve previously mentioned, we decided very early on to excavate under our garage and take advantage of the 200 sqft that [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Bell http://360winnett.com/2008/06/23/under-the-garage/#comment-96 Jeremy Bell Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:27:46 +0000 http://www.360winnett.com/?p=110#comment-96 We're aiming for very generous ceiling heights in the basement - We'll actually have 9' in the back, which is huge for a basement. We actually wanted to set them a little deeper, but the proximity to our neighbor made this impossible (unless we added addition shoring, which would have added greatly to the cost of the foundation). The only problem with building the house 4' above grade is that you need to then have more steps into the house... Instead we tried to strike a decent balance and extended a little above grade. We wanted to get as much natural light down there as possible, so we'll be adding large windows in wells to accomplish this. We’re aiming for very generous ceiling heights in the basement – We’ll actually have 9’ in the back, which is huge for a basement. We actually wanted to set them a little deeper, but the proximity to our neighbor made this impossible (unless we added addition shoring, which would have added greatly to the cost of the foundation).

The only problem with building the house 4’ above grade is that you need to then have more steps into the house… Instead we tried to strike a decent balance and extended a little above grade. We wanted to get as much natural light down there as possible, so we’ll be adding large windows in wells to accomplish this.

]]> By: skot http://360winnett.com/2008/06/23/under-the-garage/#comment-97 skot Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:38:44 +0000 http://www.360winnett.com/?p=110#comment-97 looks to me like you've elected to your basement hight make more above grade than is traditional. i've always thought that would be a good idea to maximize window exposure. i was thinking more like 4' above grade but maybe that just puts the hight requirements on the entire house just out of bounds? thanks for documenting your process here. i'll be following with interest. looks to me like you’ve elected to your basement hight make more above grade than is traditional. i’ve always thought that would be a good idea to maximize window exposure. i was thinking more like 4’ above grade but maybe that just puts the hight requirements on the entire house just out of bounds?

thanks for documenting your process here. i’ll be following with interest.

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