Maintaining the correct environment is essential if you are going to store your wines for an extended period of time. The desirable environment is a temperature range of 55-58? F and between 55% to 75% humidity. To maintain this environment you must isolate your cellar from any conditions that would compromise these

You can use any deep cycle marine battery, as long as it is not maintenance-free. However, there are several advantages to using a Basement Watchdog battery. The Watchdog battery accommodates the system’s fluid sensor which will sound an alarm when the battery needs water…a very important feature, since a dry battery will not perform. In addition, Basement Watchdog batteries run longer per charge, and last years longer.

YES. The floor and walls are a significant source of heat loss. An insulated floor is warmer and drier; and it has direct influence on your comfort. Putting carpets on a floor only makes it feel warmer. If you have a heated floor insulation is very much necessary, as the heat loss through the floor would be higher than 50%. This heat loss is a huge and unnecessary waste of money. Return on investment for floor insulation is very quick, mainly because of the low cost of INSTA-PANELS®.

A permit is not required for the installation of interior wall finishes or the construction/alteration of non-load bearing walls/elements. However, if there is new plumbing for a basement washroom then a plumbing permit is required.

Get out your wallet again! You need either a new motor and controls, or a phase converter. A phase converter does just what it says, it converts single phase power to three phase power. There are usually two types available, rotary phase converters and solid state or static phase converters. A rotary phase converter is simply an electric motor and a three phase generator connected by the same shaft. The motor turns the shaft and the generator produces the three phase current.

Yes. The majority of our homes are built over full basements. Depending on the topography of the land, either a full basement or a crawl space can be used since our pre-cut log homes are constructed upon "conventional" sub floors with ease.

If you do not intend to finish your basement walls, meaning covering them permanently with stud walls and sheeting, then it is not always necessary to remove all old existing paint before SANI-TRED installation, as long as good common sense understanding of the importance of the removal of the peeling painted areas are understood and accomplished. It is common to have100% waterproofing success by removing only 50% of the old paint.

YES. The basement is the coldest place in your house. Up to 35% of the energy losses in your house come from the basement, so it most definitely needs to be insulated. A well-insulated basement will save money normally spent on heating, and improves the comfort level of your house. Many customers complain about dampness in a cold basement, and the only way to fix this is to make sure it is insulated properly.

No, but if you decide to finish the space as habitable at a later date, you will be required to install an egress window. To what extent can I have my contractor finish the basement in my house currently under construction? (ex. framing exterior walls only, future egress window, storage room, etc.) Work in your new home can not exceed the scope of work as indicated on the plans that were submitted and approved by the Codes office.

The on site building manager requires each car in the basement have a parking permit. This helps him manage the number of cars each unit has there to prevent the garage area from becoming over crowded. Additionally, it helps find vehicle owners in the event a car needs to be moved or relocated for some reason.

Showers in the basement are becoming more popular everyday, and every job is different. If you are interested in a cement base, dry pack mortar bed (as opposed to a fiberglass base) you may want to have a tile shop do the install. Waterproofing is the most important thing in the tiling of showers. We suggest you use a cement board on the walls.

A We can't work with someone who has absolutely no hair on any part of their head. That's because ours is a hair integration system rather than a replacement system. However, most people with medically-related hair problems do have varying amounts of hair on some areas of their head, however wispy.

Repairs such as pumping out your septic tank or de-rooting your lines do not require a permit. Other, more extensive work may require a permit. Visit the Septic Tank Permit Process page for permit requirements.

The best conditions for wine storage are a stable temperature with a stable level of humidity and no direct light. Yes it does. For example if the food is very spicy, the wine will not taste as strong as it would with no food. If the food is sweet, the acidity of the wine will show more, if the food is acidic the sweetness of the wine will show more.

After a SANI-TRED installation, you may finish your basement by installing wall studs approximately 3/4" from the exterior walls, in the normal manner, or you may paint with any interior paint directly over the SAN-TRED installation.

It is most often seen on sloping lots that allow a portion of the basement to have larger windows. Depending upon the amount of slope, you can often times have a door that walks directly out. There are also home plans listed with daylight basements that are simply built farther out of the ground thereby exposing part of the basement wall. These go under the names of "split-entry", "raised ranch", "bi-level" and "multi-level" home plans.

Carpet Protection should never be used where the conditions and/or substrate may be damp or subject to moisture accumulation.

Yes. Radon can enter your building from a number of different entry points. If your building is built on a slab on grade type construction then you run a greater risk of more direct exposure to radon in the living area. Currently, the EPA and IDNS require that testing be conducted on each different foundation type inherent with a building. For example; a split-level house with a basement, crawl space, and slab on grade would require testing in three locations.