Dan, I am sure that you would be able to build a raised suspended floor. The one concern that I have would to make sure that you have some ventilation under the suspended floor. Not sure but it may be a great environment for that ugly mold to grow. Hope that I am incorrect in my thinking.
One other thought. If you were to have some sighted help for part of the project. Get a lazar level that will place a line on all walls. Position the line so that is right even with the highest point of the room. Then use some of the perforated drain line and make water pathways to the existing floor drain. Then extend the floor drain up past the level line. Now fill in everything as suggested with crushed stone. When level use pressure treated or metal studs for the floor joist. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: blindhandyman Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] leveling your basement floor 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
