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Bob,<br>
<br>
I can't answer your specific questions, but I do know that there is one
more problem you may or may not have. In my house and I suspect in
many others, there are pipes carrying waste water from both my house
and one next door to the sewer system. It is very possible that the
house next door (to the north) does not have such pipes in the front
two thirds of the basement, since a pipe comes into my house from that
house. I have never seen the actual pipes, but there are cracks in the
concrete floor where the pipes are, and waste water pipes from the
bathrooms and kitchen can be seen to go under the concrete basement
floor to that system of pipes. The pipes run from near the rear of the
house (where the kitchen and bathrooms are) all the way to the front,
so the sewer must be under the street in front of the house (Guilford).<br>
<br>
Years ago, I thought about doing what you want to do, but I quickly
realized that the pipes would prevent it; hence, I never really looked
into it.<br>
<br>
Steve.<br>
<br>
Robert Watters wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid20050329002802.898.qmail@web50201.mail.yahoo.com"
type="cite">
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I had a question for you all. I desperately want to be able to
fit some exercise equipment in my basement. My ceiling height is
roughly 77 inches, but it seems like the magic number is 84 inches/7
feet for good clearance. </p>
<p>From what I have heard, my home didn't have a cement basement
floor originally (it was built in 1900). I have heard of people
digging out their basements in their rowhomes, but was curious about
hearing some firsthand experiences of cost, etc. To get me by, I would
only need to lower a section of my basement that was roughly 16 feet
(width of the house) by 10 feet.</p>
<p>I believe I have heard that you can "dig out" a basement as long
as the bottom of the load bearing walls has sufficient lateral
support. With concrete, I'm sure you would need less of the wall
buried than the original design that was supported by compacted dirt,
but I'm definitely not an architect. Has anyone been through this
process?</p>
<p>Thanks for any tips!<br>
-Bob<br>
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