We are installing an interior french drain (aka perimeter drain) in a basement in Concord. Hurricane Irene brought this family 4″ of standing water. The majority of this drain will be covered with concrete. One 24′ wall will have a surface grate draining to the under floor channel. This [...]
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Basement finishing in Cambridge
Over the next few weeks we’ll be transforming this 120 year old basement with dirt floor and tree trunks as support columns into a finished workspace for a hydroponics professional. The existing floor to ceiling height varies from between 5’8 to 6’2″. We’re going to be [...]
July 19th, 2010 - 6:08 pm § in Blog Posts, Construction
Week 1 in Lexington
We completed demolition and prepped for the french drain. We had Pro Cut come to make some doorway cuts – one from the bedroom to the living room, another to expand the existing bulkhead door into a 5′ wide opening for a new french door, and another cut to increase the opening from hal[...]