A poor framing job can bring a whole mess of problems, so we asked a professional framing carpenter how to build basement ...

Last week I began a reply to D.C. about how best to finish a portion of his basement. The house is about a year old, so my first concern was that he make absolutely certain that there are not water ...

Ready to transform your basement? This step-by-step guide shows you how to frame basement walls, including tips for bathroom layouts and framing around columns perfect for DIYers looking to tackle ...

Partition walls are easy to build with basic do-it-yourself tools and skills. But there are a few wrinkles when you build them in the basement, which is where many homeowners have the largest ...

Q: I just bought my first house and am about to remodel my basement. The previous owners of the house glued 2-inch-thick foam insulation to the poured concrete walls. It’s got an aluminum foil face on ...

The basement is where good intentions go to hide. Damp corners. Tippy towers of boxes. Lost gloves, rogue bulbs, and the ...

Dear Jerry: Our house is newly built in Webster-Penfield in 2016. The basement cinder block walls have dimple board on the outside that is somehow tied in with the French drain — whatever that is. The ...