Having a hard time keeping "local and seasonal"

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 06:18:17 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(Steve Pope) wrote:

I have a full basement, but I'm built into a hill and I don't have an
underground stream running through my property. When I lived in
Michigan, we had a full basement and a sump pump to keep it dry.

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sf wrote:


In places where the water table is high (e.g., New Orleans), cellars are
very uncommon. A lot of new houses don't have cellars due to
construction costs. It's a whole lot cheaper (emphasis on cheap) to
build on a slab or a crawlspace. I recall very few cellars in NC other
than daylight basements. Many of the houses here in Seattle have
garages as part of basements, as does ours. We store a few canned goods
and wine bottles down there, but not much else. After the sewer fiasco
of earlier in the month (the joys of living in a 60-year-old house), I'm
much less inclined to do much storage downstairs other than in the
second fridge.

Cindy

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sf wrote:




Yes, if there is natural drainage (hill property in rocky geology, not
mud) then a cellar is fine in northern California. If you're in the
flats it's a no-go.

My sister had such a hill property in S.F., and we located our wine
cellar there until she had to sell the property.

Steve
 
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:55:09 -0800, Cindy Fuller
wrote:


I've never heard the term "daylight basement" before. What is that?

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:55:09 -0800, Cindy Fuller
wrote:


I've never heard the term "daylight basement" before. What is that?

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
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sf wrote:


It's a "basement" that usually has a garage or some other exit. Part of
the basement is below ground level. The local real estate term for this
type of house is a "raised rambler".

OB Food: Lazy Presidents' Day here. Tonight's dinner, courtesy of the
SO, is bul gogi.

Cindy

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