Do you have a basement?

[Tryharder62]

Don't clean it. Because you never know when you will find two bags of your kids stuffed animals that must have gotten moisture in the 10 or so years they have been down there. The horror of seeming Scooby Doo and Benny Bear all moldy.....very moldy....some things can never be unseen!

 

[Lazaran]

Stuffed pet cemetery???

 

[HisArpy]

Wait'll you find that box of missing dryer socks ...

 

[pink]

No, none here.


Poor Scoob!

 

[rae121452]

Don't clean it. Because you never know when you will find two bags of your kids stuffed animals that must have gotten moisture in the 10 or so years they have been down there. The horror of seeming Scooby Doo and Benny Bear all moldy.....very moldy....some things can never be unseen!

all i can think of is norman bates.

 

[doowdniw]

No basement since I was a kid. But it was a great spot to set up the electric train and the the slot car track.

 

[Jada59]

My grandma, who didn't have a basement, but lived in a humid area, sent me the giant bride doll that sat on her spare bed. It made me sneeze. I popped the head off and she was all full of mold. Blech.

I don't have a basement.

 

[coati]

Are you kiddin'? The GB has lots of Deplorables who live in their mom's basement and do nothing else but post on Lit and eventually turn moldy like those stuffed animals you described.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Cellar, complete with toads and salamanders.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Are you kiddin'? The GB has lots of Deplorables who live in their mom's basement and do nothing else but post on Lit and eventually turn moldy like those stuffed animals you described.

That's the last stupid post Ill see of yours. Bye.

 

[Ziggins]

I have thought about underground living. The insulation value of earth walls would reduce or eliminate home heating bills. But then I read about floods. An above ground shelter with thick walls of thermal mass would work well enough, like earthships.

 

[Not Normal]

Yep. Its used for some storage, but has a bit of a water issue...

 

[doowdniw]

Yep. Its used for some storage, but has a bit of a water issue...

never had a problem with water infiltration, and never had a sump pump. The basement was also the site of the washing machine, oil furnace, and Dad's workbench.

I have heard some real horror stories about water in the basement. Some of the HGTV home shows.

 

[LupusDei]

Have two cellars, but neither holds any garbage, just jams and juices, jars with cucumbers and mushrooms and whatnot (few of mysterious content are decades old), sacks of potatoes and beets, and yes, empty jars and bottles there's no better storage option for too.

 

[BrokenBarbie]

It’s my workshop/storage area, and also where the furnace and other mechanical stuff is.

Never had a water problem down there, thankfully.

 

[SpeareChucker]

You get kudos for doing a thread that I don't think has been done.
If I cleaned out my basement I will find every tool that I could
never find that was designed to basically do just one job that
I subsequently had to run out and replace.

Since it rains so much here, I am used to taking on water, so
everything has been set up to keep that inconvenience
in mind and to keep everything high and dry.
No stuffed toys and, sadly, no bodies;
I have exercised great restraint.

 

[SpeareChucker]

That's the last stupid post Ill see of yours. Bye.

It was once dumped by a Reagan voter
for expressing his hatred of "Ronnie"
in no uncertain terms and has
been trying to get even with
the world ever since...






... no sense whatsoever
of time and place.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

Yes. Half finished, mostly dry as long as the pump can keep up which is difficult during extra rainy times.
Used for storage, furnace and laundry, torture and dismemberment, beer fridge, beer and wine equipment, still, rape kits, soiled mattress and all the holiday decorations.

 

[LupusDei]

The newest of my two cellars is generally very dry, except it is prone for being invaded by river floodwaters, right through the sand it's build in and the concrete floor, up to three feet deep. Summer flash flooding is not an issue, it usually doesn't last long enough to soak the soil through, but seasonal is, especially when hold up by a recurring ice choke nearby. It's annoying problem but one that exists for a week twice or thrice in a decade on average. For last three years we haven't had much of ice and snow (none this year, the coldest day was in April), and so it haven't tested has the penetrative hydro-insulation treatment the promised effect.

 

[FlowersForFun]

Yup, full basement.

1/2 is a 1b/1b guest/granny quarters.

Got a small utility room where all the water scrubbers/RO filters, HVAC unit, laundry machines etc. are all at.

The remainder of the space is all burnt up on my fish room/lab.

 

[Tryharder62]

I have thought about underground living. The insulation value of earth walls would reduce or eliminate home heating bills. But then I read about floods. An above ground shelter with thick walls of thermal mass would work well enough, like earthships.

That does work amazingly well. My in laws have a neighbor that is three sides under with just the front exposed and even that works amazing. Well I will be brave and head down there again today. Looking for a set of wooden lids that went missing with the single socks. I will tell you of my greatest find. I am having my last garage sale everrrrrrr! I hate those things.