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This is how it looks from the crawling space of the basement. You can see a small part of concrete piece of the porch showing right above the hole in the middle of the picture. You can see the cardboard covering the rest of the porch part at the top. The hole is where that cardboard was before...

We have an unfinished basement. The top part of the wall is isolated from the ground by some sort of cardboard. This is not cardboard used for shipping boxes (which is corrugated), but is pretty much the same cardboard as found in hardcover books (at least older), but just pretty thick (3.5mm)...

I am looking to move a couple of pipes in my DIY project to install drywall in our basement laundry in townhouse home. When drywall will be being installed, there are a number of pipes on the way of expected drywall surface, that seat firm and I think I will have to just cut the drywall to...

Thank you, everything is very helpful. I also googled and found a couple of links on paneling, this one looks pretty good to me to implement. I am wondering, if later I decide to put a layer of fiberglass insulation batt on top of the panels, is there any tricks in making this? Do I install a...

So I wanted to focus on area "2". If I look from point A: It looks like this: I don't believe I will be able to fit in there and crawl to reach area 2. So the only other option I see would be to temporarily remove a piece of drywall in the ceiling in area B, install insulation and then...

The topic was moved from wrong forum and this is the link to my DIY project to install drywall in our basement laundry in townhouse home.

I am looking to review insulation in the laundry/basement floor void/crawling space in my DIY project to install drywall in our basement laundry in townhouse home. The outer line on the diagram below is the whole basement and green rectangle is the laundry. The laundry is not finished and the...

I checked and I think I should provide some more details about the current setup. First of all, all four laundry walls are framed. The exterior wall has paper faced R11 fiberglass insulation. It is also covered with foil. However, if I open loose foil piece I can see that fiberglass insulation...

This is a DIY project and I am planning to install drywall in our basement laundry. The primary reason is to make it warmer. It is not terribly cold in cold days, but quite uncomfortable when doing laundry. Since this is a townhouse, one wall is adjacent to a neighbor, the front wall is under...

Thank you! And thank you for the HF tips.

Thank you everyone. My first thought was to either shave the high spot with a plane (grinder would work much faster and easier though and I was planning to buy a grinder anyway so it may be a good opportunity) or twist the stud. Upon checking, I do not see any horizontal noggins so replacement...

Oh, I think you mean the prominent screw? I am sorry for not explaining it in details and keeping it on the image. I am planning to unscrew that, move the pipe half inch away from the wall, insert the drywall in between and then screw again over the drywall. It will be a separate question I will...

Hi, there. This is a DIY project and I am planning to install drywall in our basement laundry. There are a few issues I will be discussing in different forums, and one of them is a couple of studs "skewed" at the top end, about a foot+ Such that, when a sheetrock is installed, it will not by...

Hi, I am Serge from Maryland. We are living in a 25 year old townhouse for more than 10 years now. My education and job is not related to building or repairs, but I am somewhat handy and completed a number of relatively small repair and enhancement projects. Sometimes you need an advice and I...