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For questions generally relating to habitable spaces in a home below ground level, and to foundation types that include a space of this type.

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Must NM cables around panels in unfinished basements be protected?

The panel is on the wall in an unfinished basement. … Nonmetallic-sheathed cable installed on the wall of an unfinished basement shall be permitted to be installed in a listed conduit or tubing or shall be protected in accordance with 300.4. …
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Is basement smell caused by oil boiler?

Although dry and not moldy, my 130-year-old basement has a distinct basement smell that bothers my wife. I am trying to determine its source. We have steam heat. …
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What is the proper way to run wires along/across basement ceiling joists?

I want to add an electrical outlet in my unfinished basement. It makes sense to run the wire along the ceiling because that's where all the other wires are. …
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Should I insulate steam pipes in the basement?

The furnace is in the (unfinished) basement, and the steam-carrying steel pipes spread out across the basement ceiling before going up into the rest of the house. … Or will the furnace itself heat the basement so much that insulating the pipes doesn't matter? …
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