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Online Cookie

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Re: Basement Foundation choices
« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2014, 04:11:17 AM »
Quote from: coho on July 11, 2014, 09:59:22 PM
Quote from: Cookie on July 11, 2014, 06:59:20 PM
John Malkovich?

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He made a good one out of THE BUICK!
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Re: Basement Foundation choices
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2014, 07:49:48 PM »
Its more determined by soil type and strata, water table, etc, etc.

If you have freeze worries, some type of sealing and draining is needed.

Personally, if I was doing a foundation, it would be block with mastic plus membrane water proofing and subsurface drainage. Interior would be  penetrant sealing and than drywall after insulation.

But I tend to build for a 100 year lifespan.

Ask a local code builder.

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Re: Basement Foundation choices
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2014, 08:49:09 PM »
Check your local code before you decide.
ICF is an interesting choice.
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Re: Basement Foundation choices
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2014, 06:06:50 AM »
Superior walls is something I haven't seen before. It Strikes me as a a warmer way to do it. Basements always feel like they have a chill to them.  :headscratch:
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Re: Basement Foundation choices
« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2014, 05:56:10 AM »
Quote from: Scratch on July 11, 2014, 08:56:33 PM
Quote from: Cookie on July 11, 2014, 06:18:46 PM
You have always struck me as the prepper type


http://youtu.be/KcsLaSBWG9k


And look at how quickly that wall caved.  Unacceptable.  The only thing I see wrong with that video is storing a gun in a cabinet unloaded. 

And what's wrong with being a prepper?  Sure, I'm a kook now.  But one of these days, Alice...  I'll be able to extend my time between trips to the grocery store that will be the envy of EVERYbody in the holler. 

I got a quote from the Superior Walls guy and it made things a little more complicated.  I expected him to price himself out of the running.  That is not the case.

We shall see.
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Re: Basement Foundation choices
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2014, 05:58:57 AM »
Nothing wrong with being a prepper. I'm going out fast and taking others with me.
Its better to burn out than to fade away...
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