Our 1839 home has a dirt basement. Finally, after opening up the basement stairs, it was time to tackle the basement once and for all.
When we purchased the house, there was a toilet on top of the stairs to the basement. The old owners tried to make this house into 3 apartments. Two weeks ago, Rick opened up the stairs again and added a door. We cleaned out what we had been using as a closet and made it into the interior entrance to the basement. As we have a second freezer and refrigerator this was needed.
I got sick of tracking dirt upstairs. While concrete would be the best, we would not be able to afford it. Also, we have 600 gallons of water storage we would be unable to move. Stone was another option, but getting the stone to the basement would be impossible without doing it all by hand. I saw these exercise fatigue interlocking mats online. I ordered a couple packs. We loved how they looked. I ordered 7 more packs. Home Depot messed up the order and gave us multicolored children’s play mats. We were able to keep them for free. Not sure if they will work with moisture. For the $56.00 willing to give them a try.
Rick decided to organize his items so he could do a workbench in the basement. We ordered a couple shelves online as we were not going to a store.
I will also have a work area in front of the window at some point. We bring all the plants in for the winter.
The project cost under $100. Well worth the cost. Still a dirt basement but….
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After
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