>>23831316>sounds bigger than i pictured then...i just checked the property sketches, the utility room is ~12ft x 38ft so about 450 square feet with aditional storage space under the stairs thats enough to store two big upright gun safes and ~50,000 rds of ammo
Its a pretty big room but the furnace and water tanks take up a good chunk and there are metal shelves for tools and lots of tables and workbenches. I've never been constrained by it being "too small" with the exception of a recent project involving four 2ft x 8ft wooden boards and it wasn't because i tried I just knew it would be much more convenient to cut them into the pieces i wanted from my garage after unloading them from my car
>>23831345>ehehehI have a habit of buying large quantities of tannerite right before the 4th of July and just sitting on it. So far only 2 years in a row but i wonder how much i can manage to stockpile
>>23831368>nobody has a basement >basements do not existIt might have to do with your local water table. You probably have 'crawl spaces'. Also, I wonder if some actually board up their basements like in scary movies. I have a section of "half basement?" thats inaccessible from the inside that i dont think the previous owners were even aware of
>i have never been in a basementThey vary. If the house is 80+ years old its likely made of randomly sized stone with mortar in between, with a cement floor and tall people may have trouble in it. Then there are basements that are taller, the walls are cinder blocks but the rafters above your head are still exposed and you can work on wiring, duct work, water lines easily.
Mine is mostly finished with thin vinyl floor to maximize floor height and drywall walls cover up the cinder blocks and I think mine looks nice but I've seen basements that look way nicer. A finished basement is a good way to drastically increase your living area and its easy enough that you could probably do it yourself in a week or two after careful planning
