You may think its strange to go over foundations in a very basement finishing article. Your foundation was already designed with your property right?

Yes, that’s correct, though the foundation we’re going to discuss has nothing to do with the inspiration holding your property up. Of course, a basement finishing project doesn’t need a foundation in the traditional a sense the term, nevertheless, the thought of starting with a strong foundation still applies.

In this situation, the strong foundation we’re speaking about may be the framing that is to be the premise for every far wall with the basement finishing project. As more and more fly-by-night contractors have entered the market industry, we’ve noticed some disturbing trends in basement framing.

The first is the utilization of 2×3 and 2×2 studs instead of the traditional 2×4 studs. The second is the practice of spacing wall studs 24″ (or even more!) apart.…