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Basement A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. are generally used as a utility space for a building where such items as the boiler, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system are located; so also are amenities such as the electrical ...
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All About Basements Basement walls are usually 8 feet high, but they often feel shorter. Most basements have pipes and ducts that are installed below the floor joists. If a homeowner ever wants to finish the basement, these ducts and pipes dictate a low ceiling.
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How to Waterproof Your Basement Consider installing a sump. This is essentially a hole in your basement floor which contains a pump. When the water level in the sump rises too high, a pump kicks on and draws the water out of the sump, discharging it outside the house, 10 or more feet from the foundation.
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- crypt. 1. a subterranean chamber or vault, esp. one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
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Basement A basement can be used in almost exactly the same manner as an additional above-ground floor of a house or other building. However, the use of basements depends largely on factors specific to a particular geographical area such as climate, soil, seismic activity, building technology, and real estate economics.
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- Definition of barrel. 1  1 : a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter.
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Dictionary Definition A cellar is a type of basement, primarily used for the storage of food and drink (especially wine) for use throughout the year. A cellar is intended to remain at a constant cool (not freezing) temperature all year round. Cellars are more common in older houses than in modern houses, and were important shelters from air raids during World War II
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- In British English the floor of a building at street level is called the ground floor. The floor above it is the first floor and the floor below is called the basement. In American English, however, the floor at street level is usually called the first floor.
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- A cave is a hollow place in the ground,[1][2] specifically a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. Caves form naturally by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word cave can also refer to much smaller openings such as sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos, though strictly speaking a cave is exogene, meaning it is deeper than its opening is wide, and a rock shelter is endogene.
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- An unfinished basement serves as a valuable blank canvas. The finishing process begins with basics such as hanging and painting drywall and installing plywood floors at a relatively low cost. Basement finishing means taking a space that currently is not livable and transforming it into a space you can use and enjoy. In an unfinished space, there may be nothing but a concrete floor, exposed pipes and electrical, and no walls or only the barest of wall framework in place.
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- Daylight basement foundations are the same as a walk-out basement foundations. As with all basements, daylight basements may be finished or unfinished. A daylight basement has a separate entrance from outside the home, and one can simply walk into or out of the basement from that entry.
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- The French Drain System from Basement Systems is a collection of patented basement waterproofing products that work together to keep basements dry. A French drain is sometimes also referred to as drainage tile, a rubble drain, a perimeter drain or weeping tile.
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What does a dream about a basement or cellar mean? Condition of the Basement If the basement is wet, there may be a lot of emotions that need to be brought to the surface and expressed. If it is dark, you may be unwilling or unprepared to turn on the light and see what is there.
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Basement Walls and Floors are Stained or Ugly It's ugly, but in and of itself, it's not a sign of damage to your home. However, efflorescence is a definite sign of humidity. Efflorescence is created as moisture passes through the porous concrete in of your basement walls and into your home. As the moisture passes from your walls into your basement air, it leaves any minerals in the water behind on the basement walls in the form of this white, powdery substance.
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Meaning of loft Dictionary. Find definitions for: Pronunciation: (loft, lôft), [loft]. — key. n. 1 a, room storage, area or the like within a sloping; roof; attic. garret. 2 a gallery or upper level in a, church, hall., etc designed for a special: purpose a choir. loft
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- Definition of VAULT. 1. a: an arched structure of masonry usually forming a ceiling or roof b: something (as the sky) resembling a vault.
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coffer 1. a chest, esp for storing valuables. 2. (usually plural) a store of money. 3. (Architecture) Also called: caisson or lacuna an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, etc. 4. (Mechanical Engineering) a watertight box or chamber.
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- Medical Definition of BASEMENT MEMBRANE. 1. : a thin extracellular supporting layer that separates a layer of epithelial cells from the underlying lamina propria and is composed of the basal lamina and reticular lamina.2. : basal lamina. a thin membranous layer of connective tissue that separates a layer of epithelial cells from the underlying lamina propia. ADVERTISEMENT. noun base·ment membrane \ˌbā-smənt-\. 1.
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Storey The attic or loft is a storey just below the building's roof; its ceiling is often pitched and/or at a different height than that of other floors. A penthouse is a luxury apartment on the topmost storey of a building. A basement is a storey below the main or ground floor; the first (or only) basement of a home is also called the lower ground floor. Split-level homes have floors that offset from each other by less than the height of a full storey.
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bunker Definition of bunker for English Language Learners. : a strong building that is mostly below ground and that is used to keep soldiers, weapons, etc., safe from attacks. golf : an area on a golf course that is filled with sand.
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What does a dream about a basement or cellar mean? You may think of others which can help you determine what your dream means to you. • 1  Bargain Basement (The Part Of A Store That Offers Items At A Bargain Or Clearance Price). • 2  May Be A Pun On Being “Debased” Or Feeling Unworthy. • 3  Cellar May Be A Pun On Seller.
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hollow Definition of hollow. 1  1 : an unfilled space : cavity, hole in the hollow of a tree. 2  2 : a depressed or low part of a surface; especially : a small valley or basin.
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Jamaica Plain Town Hall basement Jamaica Plain terminal entries. The Jamaica Plain Town Hall basement is a location in Jamaica Plain in 2287. The basement used to be a janitor's area but it was changed into a pre-War cache, two months before the Great War. There are two ways to approach said cache.
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Basement Daylight basement. A daylight basement or a walk-out basement is contained in a house situated on a slope, so that part of the floor is above ground, with a doorway to the outside. The part of the floor lower than the ground can be considered the true basement area. From the street, some daylight basement homes appear to be one storey.
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Basement & Foundation Sump pump basics. The sump pump protects your home from groundwater forcing its way down through the soil into that hole in the ground we call a basement. A drain tile system below the basement floor channels the water into the sump pump crock.
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nave Definition of nave. : the main part of the interior of a church; especially : the long narrow central hall in a cruciform church that rises higher than the aisles flanking it to form a clerestory.