Your points sound reasonable to me, around here we usually have bank run or clay, so the extra digging is usually not that much of a big deal, otherwise i agree, the numbers where light
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We recently added on to our house and we added the basement addition too. It was worth every penny. Yes, it was a lot more expensive but like I stated, the extra play area for the kids for those days they can't go outside, are priceless.
Here we are digging the new basement:
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After giving up on that sh!t, we got bigger tools...
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and paid someone to do the work:
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:thumbsup:
Here we are digging the new basement:
After giving up on that sh!t, we got bigger tools...
and paid someone to do the work:
:thumbsup:
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Your points sound reasonable to me, around here we usually have bank run or clay, so the extra digging is usually not that much of a big deal, otherwise i agree, the numbers where light
Look at it like this.
You are already paying for everything
from the frost line up.
That is the expensive part.
Going 4' down from the frost line is
peanuts by comparison.
Seemingly you don't like basements.
Maybe you have permafrost where ever
you are.
We can all see that.
What it does'nt say is: Neo's house has a full basement with a furnace and service panel already down there.
What you seem to be having a hard time understanding is that the discussion is about the extra costs of adding a basement foundation(as opposed to a crawl foundation) to a proposed addition.
What makes you think the furnace and service panel are down in their existing basement?
Even if they were, it still doesn't explain how you're going to heat, cool, insulate, and power up the new basement at no additional costs.
I can see where there is sort of a brick wall seperating you from the dilema, so I'm not even going to count this one as one of your last 3 tries.
Another point not being taken into consideration, when it comes to extra costs, is the difficulties of waterproofing and maintaining a dry environment in an underground basement, as opposed to crawls.
The footings for a crawl space foundation need only be a couple of feet below the ground surface level in many areas, in order to protect it from freeze/thaw contractions. At this depth, the amount of water forcing its way below the footing and into the structure is quite managable.
Not so much when placing your footings an additional 5-7 feet below the ground where the water table has a better chance of encroachment. This is especially true after a big rain.
Think of it this way: the deeper you dig a well, the better chance of hitting water.
So how do we contend with this encroaching water? There are many ways that I know of that I'd be happy to dicuss in another thread if anyone was so inclined. Bottom line here is-none of them are cheap.
Again, I think Tim Carter did nothing for the original HO's except get there panties soaked over the thought of getting a new basement for a few extra bucks.
Maybe if we say Tim Carter enough times in this thread, he'll google himself and end up here explaining his own actions and thoughts.
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