Pay attention to the looks of the window well, too, as it will become a major element of the "view" from your remodeled basement bedroom. Try lining the well with an attractive material such as ...

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Q: I live in a townhouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland, built in the early 1980s. It has a finished basement with a small egress window with a rounded well outside. During heavy rainstorms, which we had ...

I understand the problem of a cold basement. When the ground freezes, a great deal of heat is lost through the basement walls. If possible, I would first dig a trench a few feet down around the ...

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