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Wiring Your Basement

February 15, 2012 by Jason 20 Comments

Electrical Wiring for Finishing Your Basement:

Let's start, for a change, by getting straight to the answer.  The answer is yes.  Yes you can do the electrical for your basement yourself. 

At least 95% of it can be done by yourself.  In fact 80% of the electrical work in your basement could be done without ever hooking the electrical wires up to the panel or sub-panel. [Read more...]

Designing Your Basement

January 4, 2012 by Jason 47 Comments

6 Steps to complete the detailed design for your finished basement. Have you been imagining yourself down in the basement hanging out in your new theater room? Maybe shooting pool while your kids are playing Nintendo Wii?

Or maybe you've been browsing through tons of glossy home design magazines. Perhaps you can't stop thinking about how nice it would be to have a spot next to the basement door for hanging wet snow gear after being outside.

It's time to design your basement!

From Ideas to Designs

It doesn't matter whether you plan to finish the basement yourself or have a contractor handle some or all of the work.  You should put your ideas down on paper.  You will need [Read more...]

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