Basement

A basement is a storey of a building that is either completely or partially below the ground floor.

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The furnace, water heater, and air-conditioning system of a house or building are typically located in the basement; so also are amenities such as the electrical distribution system, and cable television distribution point.

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For most of its early history, the basement took one of two forms. It could be little more than a cellar, or it could be a section of a building containing rooms and spaces similar to those of the rest of the structure, as in the case of basement flats and basement offices.

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However, beginning with the development of large, mid-priced suburban homes in the 1950s, the American basement, as a space in its own right, gradually took hold. Initially, it was typically a large, concrete-floored space, accessed by indoor stairs, and with exposed columns and beams along the walls and ceilings, or sometimes, walls of poured concrete. or concrete cinder block.

Storey: A storey (in British spelling) or story (in American spelling) is any level part of a building, that has a permanent roof and could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). The plural is storeys or stories, respectively....

Ground floor: redirectStorey...

Furnace: A furnace is a device used for heating....

Basement related Images and Photos (experimental)

Basement Jaxx: Crazy Itch

Basement Jaxx: Crazy Itch

Basement of the Bank of France in Paris 1897

The Goonies in the Basement Looking Up from the WB Photo Collection