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Lawrence Kestenbaum wrote:
> We continue with the ongoing saga of my 900-square foot 1953 ranch
> house in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
>
> In our last episode, we found that the CMU basement walls were moving
> slowly inward, presumably due to clay soil and failure of footing
> drains.  Contractors proposed to dig a trench along the inside of the
> basement walls to put in new footing drains, as well as vertical 4"
> I-beams to inhibit the walls from moving.
>
> Pinheads agreed that this would be a whole lot better than nothing.
>
> Okay, so we had the basement guys come in, and they did all that.
> They also repoured concrete floor around the edges of the basement,
> and installed a sump pump.
>
> The basement even *feels* dryer now.  So, naturally, I'd like to put
> it to more use.
>
> Specifically, I'd like to put in some partition walls.
>
> The existing partitions in the basement (sides of the stairs, around
> the bathroom, around the laundry/furnace room) are 2x4 framing with
> old knotty pine paneling nailed to one side.
>
> I figure, I'm about as good at putting in some simple 2x4 wall framing
> as the next half-assed homeowner.
>
> But I'm wondering about how to attach the plates to the concrete basement floor.
>
> Drill into the concrete?  Gravity?  Adhesive?
>
> How would *you* do it?
>
>                                            Larry
>
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