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Show Page 22 Home Mapainc. THE DAILY HRRALD. I'nilay. January 22. IW Hire a professional to add windows to basement GENE AUSTIN Knight Kidder Ncpancr By have a finished room in our basement, but the room has no windows. How do we go about installing a window? Q. We and snow. The cost of a Scapewel installation will vary, depending on its size and the diffiA of excavation. culty Scapewel window system well with a alone three terraces, cover and an t sliding window costs a little more than $1,000. 42-inc- h first step should be to cheek with building-codofficials in your municipality to determine the requireQ. The ceiling of the ments for windows in a basecrawl space under our ment room. Some codes house is insulated. The window space equal require paper covering of the insuto percent of a basement lation faces down, and we room's floor area. The basenoticed water drops all ment room should also have either a door to the outside or over the paper. We are a window that is large enough worried about moisture to serve as an exit in case of getting into our floors. Can we cover the insulafire or other emergency. tion paper with plastic Installing basement win- and close the vent holes in dows can be expensive, crawl-spac- e walls? the because most basement walls A. The insulation in your are largely underground. has been Earth must usually be crawl space down. installed That is upside removed so that a "well" or one reason why you probably be for window the can space are getting condensation on built. t the paper cover, which is a A handsome and practical e barrier. When a vapor basement window system is is in insulated ceiling the Scapewel by Bilco, (800) areas, the vapor a New Haven, be on top, facr barrier should Conn., company that is well known for its steel basement ing the heated living area, or be no vapor bardoors. A Scapewel window there should on the insulation at all. rier combines a large sliding winThe least you should do is dow (bought separately) with off the paper vapor bara terraced window well thai strip rier. Do not install any plastic "'can be used to grow small sheeting over the insulation, plants. The terraces of the it is a good idea to window well can also serve as although have a plastic cover over the steps if it is necessary to door of the crawl space. If the leave the basement in a insulation itself is damp, it hurry. should be removed and new, Scapewel window wells are insulation should be dry available in installed. widths. They are and In general, the vent spaces suitable for new construction in insulated crawl spaces or remodeling. The wells are should be left open. Good air made of plastic circulation in the crawl space foam cores. panels with is to important help keep out Installing a Scapewel wincondenmoisture and reduce dow well and window is a job sation. sizfor a contractor, because a able excavation usually must Q. I want to paint the be made for the window well. walls of several rooms in Skill is also needed to make How do I know house. my an opening in the basement how much paint to buy? wall for the window and to A typical gallon of paint A. ensure that the installation is will cover 300 to 450 square free of leaks. on the depending covers are available for the feet, window wells to keep out rain smoothness of the surface and A. Your e energy-efficien- 0 crawl-spac- cold-climat- e 854-972- HOME BRIEFING the thickness of the coat Garden-variet- applied. This coverage is called the "spread rate" and is printed somewhere on the paint container. In general, it is safe to count on coverage of about 400 square feet per gal- are facing a growing crime problem, and it's growing right in your garden. Burglaries of valuable plants are sprouting up all over the landscape, the Wall Street Journal reports. London's Scotland Yard now runs Operation Bumblebee, a plant-theeducation program and recently held an exhibit on garden security at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. walls and ceilings. To determine how much paint is needed for a specific paint calculate job, ft the square footage of the area to be painted (for a wall, height multiplied by width), not forgetting to subtract the space taken up by windows and doors. Divide the total square footage by 400 to get the number of gallons of paint needed for the job. If a room will require more than one gallon of paint, it is a good idea to put all the paint that will be needed into a single container and mix it together, to avoid any differences in shading. Readers' comments such. Because about 1.2 million people built a single-familhome in 1997, and of the 110 million housing units in this country, 50 percent are remodeled every year, say the authors of "Successful Homebuilding and Remodeling: Real-Lif- e Advice for Getting the House You Want Without the Roof (or Sky) Falling In." y You homeowners (KRT) painting interior lon when burglaries y Spare that tree! Speaking of cutting your losses, pruning mature trees is best left to professionals. So advises Pennsylvania State University forestry expert Bill Elmendorf, who says' older trees, much like aging people, are slower to recover from injury, illness or structural adjustments. Or amateurs' unkind cuts. questions and arc welcome and Remodel citizens should be sent to Gene Austin, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys. Let 'em be contractors and builders and Box 861, Blue Bell, Pa. 19422. 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