basement development

[turab16]

we need to get a basement developer to do atleast the framing and maybe the roofing.... its a brand new home....

anyone know of any good trades ppl out there?

[theken]

do it yourself and save a bunch of money, its really not that hard to do, get someone to tape and drywall for you

[turab16]

i was thinking of doing drywalling myself?

[mo_money2supe]

Just simple drywalling is simple; do that yourself. It's the taping and mudding that's a pain. I'd hire someone else to do that.

Actually, I'm looking for someone to help me do just that too, taping and mudding. Anyone care to help? Sorry 'bout the

[Mangina]

Do not put a roof in your basement!!!!

[88CRX]

Originally posted by Mangina
Do not put a roof in your basement!!!!

ceiling?

put a droped tile ceiling... which is also fairly easy to do.

[turab16]

hahahaa yeah ceiling that is ..... fob moment rite there

[nusneak]

Did you get your heating done for a developed basement?
Hot air wallstacks, return air's and bathfan(s)...

[turab16]

yeah thats all done, its a brand new home and those things were already done.......

if anyone knows of good websites and reads, that will be great!

[Lex350]

If you have a nice home...don't put a drop t-bar celing in the basement. It screams low rent. If you are worries about a water leak in the future, that is what insurance is for. A drop ceiling makes a basement development look second rate. A basement development should look like an extension of the rest of the house.

I would suggest going into new developments and approaching people on site to see if they do extra work. I've done it before and it worked out quite well.

[Xtrema]

unless your home is under $300K, don't do it yourself unless you have some experience.

it'll fuck up your home's sellability if you do shitty work.

Also some contractors don't mud other people's drywall work. It's hard to fix someone's else mistake.

[redline_13000]

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[Celica TVS3]

I agree with rotten42. You don't want a drop ceiling. Your basement should be finished with the same ceiling texture, floor finishing, baseboards and trim as the rest of your house. Otherwise it comes across as an after thought.

Also, now is the time to think about adjustments to your heating ducts so you don't have drop down boxes all over your ceiling.


"Drox" from Beyond seems to have about 5 years of drywall experience. I don't know him but he posted in this thread:
http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.p...0&pagenumber=2

I might give him a PM and see how much he wants to tape and mudd my garage if I put up the board myself.

[turab16]

thanx for the input guys, the house is over half mil ez, and definitely nice basement is a gr8 investment.......

family wants to take small steps at a time......

framing and electric connections are priority number one

best idea is to go on sites and ask diff people, which are close by definitely...........

thanx again!

[drox]

Originally posted by rotten42
If you have a nice home...don't put a drop t-bar celing in the basement. It screams low rent. If you are worries about a water leak in the future, that is what insurance is for. A drop ceiling makes a basement development look second rate. A basement development should look like an extension of the rest of the house.

I would suggest going into new developments and approaching people on site to see if they do extra work. I've done it before and it worked out quite well.

There are things you can do to tbar to improve its looks. Using the same tiles and design as walmart is cheap and looks like crap. 3 tier bulk head w/ baby bull corner bead, off set the tbar on a *45 inside the lowest tier. Throw some expensive 2x2 drop down tiles in the ceiling and you're set.

Originally posted by mo_money2supe
Just simple drywalling is simple; do that yourself. It's the taping and mudding that's a pain. I'd hire someone else to do that.

Actually, I'm looking for someone to help me do just that too, taping and mudding. Anyone care to help? Sorry 'bout the

If you want it from a trades person point of view...


I probably wouldnt tape a job that was drywalled by a home owner (Ive seen a very few good). Its usually just not worth it. Theres way too much stuff to fix and it makes the job run four times as long (no chance in hell Id ever get paid if I invoiced and multiplied the bill by four.. LOL). Theres too much work in this city. If you're good at what you do you can pick and choose the jobs you're going to make more money with. Doesnt hurt to find a taper on a construction site, look around at his work and if you dont mind the quality go ask him. Cash on completion speaks a million words.

Getting paid footage rates and having to spend hours turning 9000 screws in because it wasnt done right sucks.

Anyways Im off to win money at the casino.