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Show to the MIIWIaC 1 by Roger C. Whitman Finishing Walls And Floor of Cellar QUESTION: I should like some advice on finishing the walls and floor of our cellar, which we now are digging out. Our house was built without a cellar. ANSWER: The floor can consist of at least four inches of good, waterproof concrete. If you intend to make a game-room, you could cover this with asphalt tile, which should be properly laid by an experienced ex-perienced workman. The walls can consist of poured concrete, or concrete block. They should be waterproofed on the outside below be-low grade with two coats of hot tar or asphalt paint. The outside trench can be provided with drain tile to carry off water, or In any case should be solidly packed with earth formed into a bank at the top sloping away from the house. Do not throw any kind of rubble, stones or anything else into the trench can be provided with drain holds volumes of water that may work inside the cellar. (I hope you will have experienced help with this important work.) If you wish to paint the walls either inside or outside, use a waterproof cement-base cement-base paint. Get this from a dealer in building supplies or mason supplies. |