Cliff, I like both of your ideas. *GRIN* Thanks. I imagine that I will need some combination of peers of varying heights supporting floor joists.
I am thinking that I may use 2X4 boards on their flat sides, with a number of peers supporting each 2X4. With enough peers, the 2X4 would be rigid enough. the other possibility I have been kicking around is tracing the profile of the floor slope onto a 2X8 or 2X10 then having a sightling cut the profile for me. I will definitely plan on using a trap door of some kind and having a water alarm. I have had one water issue in the basement but I am pretty sure that water in this basement is not a chronic issue. The basement is mostly above grade. There are large windows that are all two to three feet above the ground outside. Several of my neighbors have partly finished their basements, but no one has done a very good job of it. I would really like to make a truly usable room down there. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081
