Recent content by DaveX

Our (unfinished) basement is warm and smelly. I have a few ideas about it but wanted some outside input. First off, it can get very damp in the summer (we're in MN). There has been some sort of concrete barrier applied to the original wall (house was built in 1914) about 4 feet high that had a...

Our house was built in 1914. Like a lot of you I'm sure, since we moved in 6 years ago we've found questionable 'fixes' by previous owners. One thing I'm wondering about is the fact that our unfinished basement has insulation between most of the ceiling joists. I'm not sure why it's there and...

Long story short, we bought our first house in late 2000, our son came along in early 2001 and now it's time to finally get onto some projects now that he's old enough to do most of the work ;)