Hi Guys,
Fiance and I bought a house.
It's in great shape and is a fresh remodel.
Full Gallery here --> http://imgur.com/a/YIm1s
We're wanting to partially finish the basement asap. Here's our plans/thoughts so far. Just looking for criticism and advice. Issues are numbered; followed by a general list of stuff I think we'll need to acquire.
1) A friend/coworker is a certified electrician that does installs in our data center. He's going to come out on a Saturday and get everything wired up for me. I just need to have as much ready to go as possible as to minimize the work he needs to do. So my dad (whom has built a few homes) and I will prep it so all my friend has to do is run wire and do electrical stuff. My dad could likely do the electrical, but he's not an electrician and he only has so much time to give.
2) Most of the outer basement wall has been framed up for drywall and has drywall up already. Home inspector said there's no insulation behind the drywall, and it's not that good of drywall. We want to tear down the drywall, seal any cracks, put in a vapor guard and insulation, run new outlets, put up new drywall, and paint.
3) We are planning to use carpet squares for carpeting in case there's water in basement. This way we can pull carpet up one square at a time if there's a problem.
4) We will frame up new bathroom, but not finish the inside of it. This will be finished later. We at least want the area closed in and to put a door to the bathroom up. That way you don't know its not finished until you open up door.
5) We really want to move the sewer stack. It's right in the middle of the big open area and is ugly. Home inspector said if we were to move it, now would be the time. Basically bend it at the ceiling and have it run along the ceiling until it can come down by the high part of the stairs/furnace. There's a sewer run it can tap into over there apparently.
6) There's only 4 20amp circuits left on the breaker box. Because of this, I'm thinking I'm going to add an 80-100A subpanel next to the main panel and do all the new runs to that. This way I leave a few open circuits on the main panel and can have room for everything on the new subpanel.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_238499-82364-BR1224L125V1___?productId=3027147
Stuff to buy
Insulation
vapor guard
Drywall
Electrical Wiring
Outlets
Outlet Boxes
Circuit Breakers
Carpet
Cat 6 cable
Ethernet outlets/boxes.
Subpanel
Section A is basement dimensions
Basement floor plan during remodel
Basement Pics
Fiance and I bought a house.
It's in great shape and is a fresh remodel.
Full Gallery here --> http://imgur.com/a/YIm1s
We're wanting to partially finish the basement asap. Here's our plans/thoughts so far. Just looking for criticism and advice. Issues are numbered; followed by a general list of stuff I think we'll need to acquire.
1) A friend/coworker is a certified electrician that does installs in our data center. He's going to come out on a Saturday and get everything wired up for me. I just need to have as much ready to go as possible as to minimize the work he needs to do. So my dad (whom has built a few homes) and I will prep it so all my friend has to do is run wire and do electrical stuff. My dad could likely do the electrical, but he's not an electrician and he only has so much time to give.
2) Most of the outer basement wall has been framed up for drywall and has drywall up already. Home inspector said there's no insulation behind the drywall, and it's not that good of drywall. We want to tear down the drywall, seal any cracks, put in a vapor guard and insulation, run new outlets, put up new drywall, and paint.
3) We are planning to use carpet squares for carpeting in case there's water in basement. This way we can pull carpet up one square at a time if there's a problem.
4) We will frame up new bathroom, but not finish the inside of it. This will be finished later. We at least want the area closed in and to put a door to the bathroom up. That way you don't know its not finished until you open up door.
5) We really want to move the sewer stack. It's right in the middle of the big open area and is ugly. Home inspector said if we were to move it, now would be the time. Basically bend it at the ceiling and have it run along the ceiling until it can come down by the high part of the stairs/furnace. There's a sewer run it can tap into over there apparently.
6) There's only 4 20amp circuits left on the breaker box. Because of this, I'm thinking I'm going to add an 80-100A subpanel next to the main panel and do all the new runs to that. This way I leave a few open circuits on the main panel and can have room for everything on the new subpanel.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_238499-82364-BR1224L125V1___?productId=3027147
Stuff to buy
Insulation
vapor guard
Drywall
Electrical Wiring
Outlets
Outlet Boxes
Circuit Breakers
Carpet
Cat 6 cable
Ethernet outlets/boxes.
Subpanel
Section A is basement dimensions
Basement floor plan during remodel
Basement Pics
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