I Saved $30,000 Framing My Basement - How to Frame A Basement Part 1

This is Part 1 of 3 of my How to Frame Your Basement Series.
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[@ryanscottlifts]

Please SUBSCRIBE! I appreciate the support and my whole basement series is coming out this spring/summer.

[@cedriclashar8905]

Ryan...I just started watching your channel yesterday.....and im loving your basement series and I'll probably do this in my new home on the unfinished basement side. This is great stuff and I've done framing as a teen in the early 80s...used plumb bobs back then😅😅😅😅....today the laser level makes it simpler. Your videos are like a refresher course.

[@ryanscottlifts]

@@cedriclashar8905 hey man! Welcome and glad you're enjoying!

[@DuaneMondragon]

What i don't understand is why this guys don't do floating walls incase the basement floors start to swell in other words floor starts to rise up because of the clay soil when wet expands and dry it shrinks

[@ryanscottlifts]

@@DuaneMondragon doesn't happen in my climate. Not to mention that would be horrible concrete.

[@bozwar3578]

What about vertical and horizontal fireblocking?

[@andrewbeetz2196]

Great progress! Excited to see the progress and finished product!

[@ryanscottlifts]

Thanks man. Have 3 videos on the framing process. I am 95% done framing now. Excited to get these out finally!

[@enochbenoit3111]

Another great video and very detailed.

[@ryanscottlifts]

Thanks man!

[@Gabevelazquez12]

Super helpful video. Looking forward to rest of your project

[@isaacodland6195]

what laser level did you use for setting your lines?

[@ryanscottlifts]

It was the "laser level 360 self leveling" on Amazon.

[@andrewlennox704]

Thank you for the content this is helping me finish my basement

[@ryanscottlifts]

For sure! Hoping to edit and get part 2 out this weekend.

[@BrentIraEnman]

Nice work man! Really appreciate the details!

[@ryanscottlifts]

Appreciate it!

[@mirwaisrashidstaff3988]

You are an expert man,

[@ryanscottlifts]

Thanks!

[@terencemerritt]

After the first 30 minutes was good stuff lol

[@ryanscottlifts]

Lol thanks! Yea, I knew this 1st video would be slow at first, but hoping it'll help real beginners! Part 2 and 3 will get more to the building. I'm actually done framing...just gotta edit!

[@terencemerritt]

@@ryanscottlifts can’t wait to see them!

[@mandingoteck]

@@ryanscottliftsDont listen to that guy. I actually wished the first 30 minutes had more detail. I hate how-to videos that assume that someone knows all the little important details. It’s the details that the videos don’t mention that mess up a project.

[@ryanscottlifts]

@mandingoteck thank you! And totally agree. I figured it would help someone that was really starting from the beginning.

[@vroor32]

​@@mandingoteck totally agree. Not everyone was born knowing all the key tools needed to get the job done.

[@JohnnyFiveThousand]

30K is robbery, Maybe 4K

[@ryanscottlifts]

It's a 1,500 sq ft space. We were quoted $120k to finish the whole basement! I thought that was robbery!

[@ryanscottlifts]

It's a 1,500 sq ft space. We were quoted $120k to finish the whole basement. I thought that was robbery!!

[@Ichabod_Jericho]

The more builders try to charge like that the more of the general public is going to see there’s a few small tricks & skills involved in framing and NOTHING ELSE. It’s stupidly simple, impossible to fuck up if you care about doing a good job and watching what others do. Good on you for taking it upon yourself and dip your toes in a new skill.

[@bl9531]

@@Ichabod_Jerichoalso, hiring a “pro” does NOT guarantee a professional job …

[@RadRat1978]

$30k labor to frame that basement??? No way

[@ryanscottlifts]

@@RadRat1978 1,500 square feet. Total quotes were $100-120k to finish it.

[@RadRat1978]

@@ryanscottlifts I live in Texas and I can tell you that is a *huge* rip-off

[@ryanscottlifts]

@GenX-RadRat oh I agree...but I live in Connecticut and people and inflation/taxes are nuts here. Only staying here bc work brought me bere

[@daddypapi3842]

Great job! Keep up the good work.

[@ryanscottlifts]

Thank you! Excited to see it coming together.

[@imnewtothistuff]

1 huge mistake, the wall insulation should be on the outside, so the thermal mass of the concrete is inside, which would have moderated the temperature greatly. Your way has the concrete as cold as the soil. when the warm, humidified air reaches the cold concrete moisture WILL form. a vapor barrier will only make it worse.

[@ryanscottlifts]

Well the house and the basement was built to code so...

[@imnewtothistuff]

@ryanscottlifts Code dont mean Jack if it's wrong or not followed. That's why there are inspections. If you paid to have it insulated during construction, they would have put rigid foam on the outside. I have seen countless vids of new construction inspections with major, dumb mistakes, and outright stupidity, but YOU installed the insulation? I bought used, with a fully remodeled basement. All the drywall at the floor level was moist. Behind the drywall, stud wall, fiberglass, and vapor barrier, the concrete was dripping wet. It's your house, do what you want. I'm not dissing you, just trying to warn you.

[@ryanscottlifts]

@imnewtothistuff yea I am not arguing, but I have never seen a home with outside insulation on the below grade concrete foundation. And I have watched a ton of homes get built. But I will research it.

[@imnewtothistuff]

@ryanscottlifts I live in Illinois. It's common practice, but its an upcharge so many wait till later and inside it goes! it also makes sense thermodynamicly. Happy framing!

[@paulhahn8656]

@@ryanscottlifts I am in Michigan and just had a house built and they had the exterior poured basement wall waterproofed and foam board placed. It was standard with their build but i did pay extra to have foamboard placed on the basement floor before the concrete was poured.