One way for Chicago homeowners to gain more livable space is to dig down their exiting basements to accommodate a modern head height. In this project, we excavated the existing basement by 29 inches for a 98 inch finished celling height, extended the new basement space into the new addition, installed a new structural steel beam, and we built a new useable stair from the first floor.
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