Time For Concrete!!
Monday, August 15
Well after we completed the plumbing rough-in inspection we were finally ready to pour the concrete floor back in! This is a milestone in any renovation because anytime you have trenches dug up in your basement, you have to store the dirt in massive piles in the basement. It usually takes up a...
Basement-Underground Plumbing Rough-In
Tuesday, August 02
In this video we complete the underground sewer main rough-in for the basement apartment! There's a few other things thrown in to the mix with some upbeat music! This is an area where the newer investors that are somewhat handy can save some money. Even if you don't know how to install the a...
Past Projects, and what this one will become!
Monday, July 25
I've created many basement apartments over the years. I didn't start fully recording the process until a few years ago though. I have thousands of hours of footage (most of it is crap) and unfortunately some of my projects are not worthy of posting because the filming quality was so bad back wh...
Cutting Windows in Foundation!
Monday, July 25
Ok.... so we've finished framing the walls in the basement. Now we have to have an EGRESS window in the basement apartment so that if there is ever a fire blocking the staircase up and out, there is a second exit (window) that you can escape through. In this video we will enlarge one existing wi...
DriveWay Widening
Monday, July 25
In my city we are required to have 3 off-street parking spaces if we are intending to create a LEGAL basement apartment. 2 spaces can be stacked end-to-end but there has to be atleast one space that is off to the side so that vehicles can always get around the last car parked in the driveway.
Bathroom Problems!!!! UGH!!!
Monday, July 25
I was hoping to save this bathroom, but as usual, I decided that I wasn't comfortable leaving the existing tile because it definitely wasn't waterproofed properly behind the wall tile in the tub surround area. This is usually the case because the products I use to waterproof didn't exist 20 year...