I am finishing up a first issue for a comic I wrote and illustrated. Here are some pages for reference. There are close to 50 pages.
Wondering what someone would charge to do the lettering?
A friend of my dad’s had his company come out and pour a new slab for our basement floor, but they screwed up.
We are finishing the main room of the basement, there’s a backroom with laundry that’s in pretty bad shape. To pour the new slab in the main room the floor needed to be a bit higher than the floor in the back room/laundry room. When we talked about it I told them I didn’t mind if there was a step into the other room, I wanted the new slab to be flat to put down hard floor.
They didn’t do that, and instead created a slight ramp in the doorway from the new slab to the back room. Now I can’t put down hard floor without leveling the floor. Because it was done as a favor, I don’t really have the leverage to complain and make them come back out, and unfortunately when I talked to the owner about it he completely BSed me and told me to “throw down carpet, and get the hell out of there.”
My question is, can I put down self leveling concrete? Or does it need busted up in that area and repoured? Is there anything else I should know to get it ready for either LVT or tile flooring?
Some background:
I’m having a lot of trouble figuring out what insulation to use for my basement remodel in a 24x12’ space. We hadn’t considered this and didn’t work it into the budget, so I’m trying to do it as cheap as possible. We’re planning on being here for another 4-5 years and then moving. I live in Indiana where I believe the climate zone is 5a and requires R-10 insulation to be up to code. When I ripped out the drywall I found 1/2 in sheets of styrofoam in front of plastic along the cinder block foundation walls.
Additional info:
When we bought the house none of this ever came up in the inspection. Also the basement is heated / air conditioned. There was a moisture problem before we started the remodel, but the downspouts have been routed away from the house and we had a waterproofing tile installed around the perimeter of basement on the inside, but still moisture is a concern when considering the insulation.
My thoughts:
It seems like to do it up to code would require paying quite a bit for r-10 insulation and I’m not sure it’s worth it (can afford it). And I found 1/2 foil backed insulation on Facebook marketplace for $300 that would cover the whole space. From my research I think foil backed hard foam with the foil facing the interior and taped seams is the way to go. But I just started learning about this stuff today.
What kind insulation should I get?