Category Archives: Basement Exits

Pardon the phrase, but when it rains, it pours. Roger’s troubles began when he hired a disreputable contractor to do an interior waterproofing job in his basement. The fellow he hired made a mess, and then disappeared and stopped returning phone calls. Shortly after, Roger’s father suddenly needed a place to live. Roger wanted to […]

Adam purchased a foreclosed house in Chippewa Lake at auction – and soon realized that he’d bought himself a bunch of issues. There had been three feet of standing water in the basement for two years, and unfortunately, it was the very cold winters of 2013 and 2014. When the water froze, the pressure exerted […]

As my twin sons started to grow out of childhood, my wife and I realized that they needed more space for themselves. The basement seemed like an obvious solution, but turning it into an up-to-code living space presented us with a few challenges. For starters, our basement had no fire-escape route other than the main […]