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A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are completely or partly below the ground floor. It generally is used as a utility space for a building, where such items as the furnace, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system are located; so also are amenities such as the electrical system and cable television distribution point. In cities with high property prices, such as London, basements are often fitted out to a high standard and used as living space.
In British English, the word basement is used for underground floors of, for example, department stores, but the word is used only with houses when the space below the ground floor is habitable, with windows and (usually) its own access. The word cellar applies to the whole underground level or to any large underground room. A subcellar is a cellar that lies further underneath.

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  1. J

    Bad smell from basement!

    My house is on a block foundation. It needs to be dug around outside and resealed. Estimate was over $30k so that is not an option. When the block fills with water it drains to a sub pump that goes to the septic tank. This was filling the tank so we rerouted to another tank that pumps to the...
  2. A

    Basement bathroom plumbing question/concern

    Hi, Im a DIY Plumber Im working on moving my plumbing in my basement to the other side of the soon-to-be bathroom. I've busted up the concrete and replumbed all the fixtures and was about to close it up and starting having anxiety that I did it wrong. Hoping someone can help me know whether my...
  3. B

    How to properly plum a utility sink with pump in basement?

    I just purchased a home and I would like to install a utility sink in the basement with a pump. Below is a pic of the room in the basement. The sink would go under the window. I have a pic of a diagram of the plumbing I would like to install. I am just a beginner and do not have much experience...
  4. B

    Utility sink install in basement

    Hello all, I am new to this forum and would like to say hello and thanks for accepting me. I just purchased a home and I would like to install a utility sink in the basement. Below is a pictures of the location of the sink which would be under the window and a pic of a diagram of the plumbing...
  5. V

    I need help on a bid basement finish full bath installation

    Help with a bid on a basement finish new full bath rough in and finish
  6. D

    Sewer smell after rain in basement bathroom

    Hello all, We live in a duplex flat (ground floor + basement) which always has a sewage smell after it rains. We have a standard setup (bath tub; sink; toilet) and it is used daily by the family, meaning the p-traps are full. Last year a plumber fitted a Viva Magna self sealing waste valve was...
  7. D

    Basement pipe in wall slow leak. Does it need to be cleaned out?

    Hi, I am new here and I need some help with a home repair. I have this pipe located in my basement inside my wall made of concrete that is showing signs of water leaking onto my basement floor. There is no leaks from the pipe itself, the water is only coming from the bottom where the concrete...
    • DOITYOURSELF92
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    • america basement cleaned leak pipe slow usa wall
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: USA
  8. T

    Why does my basement toilet backflow?

    Hey there, First time posting here, thanks in advance for any advice you can give. First things first: I'm an idiot and I have no idea about proper plumbing lingo so go easy on me! I'm pretty cash strapped but I have a serious problem with my basement toilet and shower drain - dirty water is...
    • td013249
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    • america backflow basement toilet usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: USA
  9. W

    I have a cracked 1.5" pipe elbow going into a 4" main drain under basement floor. How do I fix this?

    Hey guys My wife noticed water on the floor in our basement. What I can see is that the elbow is cracked where a 1.5" down pipe enters a 4" pipe that goes beneath the basement concrete floor. My thought is that I have to break up some concrete to replace the 4" pipe/clean out and reattached...
    • Whitbydad
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    • 1.5" america basement cracked drain elbow fix floor going main pipe under usa
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  10. M

    Do I need a vent for a basement toilet 24" away from the bottom of the stack?

    In the below picture the purple pipe is a 3" drain (soil stack) the grey one is the bottom of the vent stack which I intend to relocate and reconnect to the white pipe via either the green pipe or the orange pipe The grey pipe was connected to the toilet drain as in the picture for two possible...
  11. C

    Half of drains cause floor drain in basement to overflow

    We most likely have a clog problem that we can't seem to resolve. These are the details: The drain has been slow in the tub in bathroom #1 (located on the east end of the basement of our ranch home) for a while, but it was always keeping up pretty close and finished draining within 30 seconds...
    • cardine45
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    • america basement cause drain drains floor overflow usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: USA
  12. M

    Boiler flue issues - basement and flue termination

    Hello new to the forum so will say thank you in advance to all and any assistance you can provide. background: current boiler installed in Basement in 2011. Six months ago it failed gas safety for the first time, I sought a second opinion and same thing. Diagnosis being that the flue...
    • Mjward
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    • america basement boiler flue issues usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: USA
  13. R

    Intermittent Discharges of gallons of water onto the basement floor but no leak?

    Hi, Homeowner not a plumber but I am having a problem I am hoping to get some advice on. House is 25 years old, we have been here for 11 years and replaced the boiler 3 years ago. Forced hot water system with three zones. Since I have no idea what I am talking about I will try to avoid...
    • Robertr4836
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    • Forum: USA
  14. F

    Drainage smell in basement

    Hi, I have a built up of drainage smell in the basement where we us to have are old toilet drainage before, basically the old drainage is no longer in use and still has water standing, its under the bay window in the basement. I can access it by removing a few bricks from inside the basement as...
    • Fernandez
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    • america basement drainage smell usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: USA
  15. M

    Turned off wrong valve, now hot water won't work in basement

    New homeowner. I was trying to prep for winter by draining the outside hose. I thought I found the right valve, turned it off and ran the water outside. The water didn't stop flowing so I figured it was the wrong valve. Went back inside to find that the shower head in my basement washroom was...
  16. F

    Unvented D2 pipe terminating in basement

    hi All, Been called by a customer who’s just moved in and there unvented cylinder is in the basement along with a D2 pipe that terminates in the floor. The want it sorted so that any discharge can go outside (probably a 10 meter run and up one floor obviously). There’s no waste stack running...
  17. S

    Cellar conversion - digged and found this manhole , anyone knows what is it?

    I am doing a DIY project and trying to convert the under hallway cellar of a typical Victorian terraced house. I started digging the floor to increased the head height and found a manhole which seems to be from the sewage drainage, but to be honest I don't know. It has three pipes coming into...
  18. W

    power of a burst main.

    Still causing traffic chaos, down the road from me.. Burst Derby water main 'sounded like a bomb' - BBC News
  19. T

    Basement pump causes sewage smell

    Hi, I have a basement pump for my washing machine. The outlet used to go directly into the outside drain but now it is linked to the waste pipes on the ground floor. Every time the pump is in action (when we use the washing machine), now the pump air pressure is enough to push sewage air past...
  20. U

    Toilet installation in the Basement

    I have a utility room in my basement that I want to convert to a bathroom. The room is at the back of the house. The only place that the soil pipe exits the house currently is from the bathroom on the first floor at the front of the house. Is it possible to route waste water from an...
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