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Originally Posted by algernon
Hmm. I rarely watch TV, so I can't speak to Mr. Holmes...Nor do I hate the guy, as I gather that the premise of his show is fixing the work of hacks,BUT...
If that were true, I guess we'd see/hear of a lot of collapsing houses sold without basement framing.
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What he says is that seeing as you are building a wall down there, why not make it support the structure, as added support couldn't hurt.
All of his stuff is about how to make it the absolute best it can be. I agree to a certain extent, and he makes some good points about how things should be better than minimum code. But some of his shows I watch and wonder how the next contractor is going to take that down in 20 years when styles change and tile floors just look "so 20th century."
I'm also waiting for them to discover that spray foam is worse than asbestos, and he now has to rip apart every house he coated with that stuff.