The ground around your basement walls contains a lot more than dirt. Water filters its way through ... pushes up against your ...

Start breaking up the basement floor at the main line with a sledgehammer ... of concrete as you go and set them aside. Toss the dirt in a separate pile. You don't want big chunks in the soil ...

By keeping her simple storage solutions in mind, these extra spaces can become just as appealing (and accessible) as main floor ... whose basement was completely unfinished, with dirt floors ...