There is a commercial building (vet clinic) near where I live that they
raised up with steel beams, built a basement underneath and set it back down
on its new foundation this year. And it was in use while they were building
the basement. So lots of things are possible.
Back in the 1980's I visited a model railroader who had a new house built
when he was transferred. Instead of the usual joists requiring a beam with
posts when the span is too great, he had trusses installed that were sized
to span the entire basement. No posts at all and all the ductwork,
plumbing, wiring, etc. was run within the trusses so nothing hung below
them. His old model railroad was actually featured in MR and when he was
transferred he came up with this solution to move the layout. He made an
agreement that the company would provide plywood and wood to make crates for
his layout to be moved. So he built them to contain all his train stuff and
when his new house was ready, he used the (former crate) plywood and lumber
to build his new and bigger layout.
I briefly lived in a house that had two beams in parallel with two rows of
posts about 3-4' apart. Some people wondered how I was going to accommodate
a layout in that space, but I made the space between them an aisle and
designed a layout for that basement that was probably too much for one
person. I moved before I started the layout, but it effectively used the
space.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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