The Super Official Homeowners Thread

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Did the basement not have a concrete floor when you bought it?

 
No it's a dirt floor with a vapor barrier. Weird setup, it's actually more of a really tall crawlspace than a true basement. I'll have to get a picture. If the floor were remotely even I'd make it work but it's not. I about break my ankles just trying to walk through there so I'm certainly not going to get a shelf to sit right.

So you're spending $5,500 to put a slab in your crawlspace so that you can put some storage shelves in there?

Shit no, I want a woodshop in there so I'm not blowing sawdust all over the garage all the time.


edit: shelves for the Christmas and camping gear are just an added bonus

Have you considered buying a separate prefab outbuilding for your property for that purpose?  It would be easier to clean, you would probably have better ventilation, I'm guessing it would be less than half the price and you have the added benefit of not attracting termites to your house structure with all of the spare pieces of wood / saw dust you would have accumulate under there.