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[quote=Anonymous]We have explored this but haven't decided to proceed. We would dig out two crawl spaces plus lower the main basement floor by about 18". Everyone we've talked to says we don't *need* to move out, but that it will be LOUD. Like right now we work from home and that won't be an option. (Part of the reason we are waiting is we have an elderly pet and it will be much easier for everyone if it happens after he is gone.) I understand that it is very dirty, but that most of the dirt and dust can be confined to the basement. It has to be hand-carried out of the basement. Whole project just takes time, you can't work fast and cut corners. The biggest risk is that you stumble on a surprise underground spring - happened to neighbors in our old neighborhood. They ended up spending like 4x their estimate for water mitigation in the space because a single sump pump was no longer sufficient and they needed significant drainage work. [/quote]
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