MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Okay, so lets start off by saying that I did NOT choose my house. My house was chosen by other people and given to me. I am not snubbing my nose at a gift! It's a nice house! Buuuutthe fucking basementLet me tell you.Have you ever seen one of those Michigan basements? The ones that aren't quite finished, with dirt all around? It's one of those.The hair on my neck stands up if I have to go down there, it's so spooky. The stairs are old and rickety, and it needs more work than I'm willing to give. It looks like something you'd shoot a scary movie in.But that's not the worst thing, See, since I'm too creeped out to go down there, I kind of quarantined it. If someone asks if I have a basement, the answer is fuck no. And that allowed the spiders to thrive.Now it didn't seem like too big of an issue, any time I needed to go down for a length of time, I'd throw a bug bomb down first and wait it out. And I know bug bombs don't disintegrate webs, I go down with a broom first to clear the way, but I felt it was rude this time to destroy living spiders' hard work. I forgot the bug bomb this time though...HUUUUGE ASS SPIDER WEBS, and I didn't notice they were there until they were in front of my face. Like, these things are so big, and they have egg sacs all over. God I'm still so grossed out. And I like spiders! I've had pet spiders. I don't know what's wrong with me. Fucking spiders. Why you gotta make big ass webs? Why not live in a corner or some shit, instead of claiming half my basement? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I didn't know that was common in Michigan. Care to post some pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylar Husky Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I have seen basements like those in Missouri. My Aunt lived in a house with a spooky basement like that.And I do not blame you about the spiders. they can sometimes be icky.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 I didn't know that was common in Michigan. Care to post some pictures?It's kind of like this, but instead of the wall near the top, it's just dirt. You can see the pipes to everything and the underside of the house like thisI can take pictures tomorrow but I'm not going down there again tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerig Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 kill them allno mercythey can build webs outside, the house is your territorythey must learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylar Husky Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Whenever we stayed at my aunt's house when I was really small, I refused to go down there because I thought dragons were down there. LOL. But she eventually had the floor of it paved professionally with concrete, Then one time all of my father's brothers and sisters came up and we decked it in and finished out the walls with drywall. After that, it was not nearly as spooky.And yes, your house, not the spiders. Spiders go squish now. Edited October 11, 2015 by Skylar Husky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayattar Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I don't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 I don't understand.tl;dr: basement spooky. Spiders. Bleh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 My fingers are shaking with fear. that basement is horrendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charrio Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 If you have spiders with many eggsacs and large webs, usually means they are feeding well.Feeding well on WHAT is the key question, and removing them might let more of the things it's been eating populate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 If you have spiders with many eggsacs and large webs, usually means they are feeding well.Feeding well on WHAT is the key question, and removing them might let more of the things it's been eating populate.That's mainly why I let them do their thing when I'm not down there. The basement is just straight dirt, all the way back...Hold on, Imma lady up and go take pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) In an old house my fmaily used to live in, we used to have a basement that looked very much like the one out of Silence of the Lambs. My mother saw that movie once when it came out, and she said she never went into that basement again afterwords. Edited October 11, 2015 by Luca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayattar Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) tl;dr: basement spooky. Spiders. Bleh. Looks like any other scruffy basement to me.If it's big enough I'd consider making it livable. A nice wine cellar, utility room, or simply a place to chill-out. It's 6-7 days of working tops. Two payments if you decide to hire someone to do all the job for you.One day for cleaning.One day for conservationTwo days for brickworkOne day for electricity and stuffOne day for tiling and smoothingOne day for painting Edited October 11, 2015 by Ayattar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I prefer chilling on the attic... At least it doesn't feel like I'm in the bowel of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayattar Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I prefer chilling on the attic... At least it doesn't feel like I'm in the bowel of the house.Basement is my favourite place to spend Christmas, when visiting grandparents. A bed, book and electricity is all I need.It's fully finished and furbished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charrio Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I used to not mind basements until I read this terrifying fictional horror story.Nope.No.Never again.Good thing they're pretty uncommon in the country I live in.That reminds me of the time a Neighbor woman like 2 blocks away killed her husband and cut him up into pieces and then tried to hide the body in plastic bags she stuffed into the walls. It didn't work to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylar Husky Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 If the basement has a water heater, furnace and other utilities in it, like the washing machine and dryer, they can make a whole array of weird noises at night too. A gas furnace starting up in a basement that is otherwise quiet can be unnerving if you have never heard the sound before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayattar Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 That reminds me of the time a Neighbor woman like 2 blocks away killed her husband and cut him up into pieces and then tried to hide the body in plastic bags she stuffed into the walls. It didn't work to say the least. What a dumb woman. Instead of bags we use barrels. Marinated infants. Supposedly delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 So! Keep in mind that I'm 5ft tall and I had to duck to not hit pipes and shit.Spooky ass stairs Pipes and dirtMore of the spooky stairsMore pipes and shitwhatever the hell this isThis is the clearest shot of the spiderwebs I got, this web goes all the way from the wall to the pole from top to the floor. Sorry for potato quality, my camera is a piece of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Basement is my favourite place to spend Christmas, when visiting grandparents. A bed, book and electricity is all I need.It's fully finished and furbished.If you Google the word basement. it'll show pictures of nice looking living spaces that look like its not used for storing junks. I'm assuming yours looks the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charrio Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 That's terrifying! D:Must've smelt foul.God yeah it did, I was a kid at the time and when the news hit, that house was like cursed or such no one wanted to be near it. What a dumb woman. Instead of bags we use barrels. Marinated infants. Supposedly delicious.LOL, I have to assume she wasn't thinking and just panicked and thought, "Yeah plastic bags hold meat so that will work" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Oh, and you should also noteI haven't put stuff down there, that's all my mom's shit she hasn't come and got.and also, I stood in one spot for the around the room pictures, I just turned. That's how tiny it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolflich Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 That's kind of like the roof here. Nobody wants to crawl around in there with all the dust and insulation so it just gets filthy and full of small animals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylar Husky Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 So! Keep in mind that I'm 5ft tall and I had to duck to not hit pipes and shit.Sorry for potato quality, my camera is a piece of shit. Your camera just likely needs the f-stop function adjusted to allow more light in. They take blurry pictures because the image is too dark and the shutter has to remain open longer to get a better image. I noticed this with a camera I had for a convention. Daytime pictures are usually better.But yeah, you have a spooky basement, no doubts. I hated whacking my head on crap going down in the one at my grandparents. We are all tall. I am 6' 1" (185 cm) and I am the runt in my family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayattar Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) I must admit, planning of that house is terrible. If I understand it correctly, there is like, a huge-ass chink, as that visible on photo no 2 in every direction? With pipes and cables going there?If so, there is nothing that can be done, unless you decide wall them up.If you Google the word basement. it'll show pictures of nice looking living spaces that look like its not used for storing junks. I'm assuming yours looks the same?Small and not half as fancy but yes. Edited October 11, 2015 by Ayattar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutekh_the_Steak Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) We don't have a basement, but my room used to be the attic in this house when it was still a bungalow. The house got renovated about 15 years before we moved into it in 1999 - after originally being built in 1937, leaving plenty of time for spiders to move in too - when the second floor was added the attic got converted into a bedroom. So now it's my bedroom.It's fucking great bedroom too - nice and roomy and warm - but the bad thing is it's got a TONNE of spiders because it used to be an attic. I think there must be a space between the roof and the other side of my ceiling because that's where they seem to come out of through little holes in the wood. Thankfully because I live in the UK they aren't harmful, but goddamn are they fucking creepy and scare the hell out of me when they pop up out of nowhere. Edited October 11, 2015 by Sutekh_the_Steak 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charrio Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 So! Keep in mind that I'm 5ft tall and I had to duck to not hit pipes and shit.Spooky ass stairs Pipes and dirt More of the spooky stairs More pipes and shit whatever the hell this is This is the clearest shot of the spiderwebs I got, this web goes all the way from the wall to the pole from top to the floor. Sorry for potato quality, my camera is a piece of shit. WOW, oddly enough that looks like the last house I lived in, it was old and had an open sewer pipe where the washer and dryer went, it was terrible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Good thing the pictures are blurry... I don't want to see that shit in full HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 I must admit, planning of that house is terrible. If I understand it correctly, there is like, a huge-ass chink, as that visible on photo no 2 in every direction? With pipes and cables going there?If so, there is nothing that can be done, unless you decide wall them up.The only huge gap with dirt and pipes is the back wall, where the house sits. It's got three normal walls, but the ceiling is covered in pipes and spiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayattar Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 The only huge gap with dirt and pipes is the back wall, where the house sits. It's got three normal walls, but the ceiling is covered in pipes and spiders. Oh, then all you need to do is to wall it up. As for the pipes and cables you can obturate chinks around them, where they go in and out, using silicone or acrylic.That will make the basement tight and should mean no more spidres. You can do it all in half a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Oh, then all you need to do is to wall it up. As for the pipes and cables you can obturate chinks around them, where they go in and out, using silicone or acrylic.That will make the basement tight and should mean no more spidres. You can do it all in half a day.I'll ask my dad about it then, at Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayattar Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'll ask my dad about it then, at Christmas. I guess it all depends on how old the installations are. If they are't older than 40, then you're free to proceed. And even if, it's not a problem to cuff a thin wall. Here, we have al the pipes and cables going inside of the walls and floors, apart from the joints and valves, so that shouldn't be a problem in your case.By the way, it's pretty weird, seeing how the pipes and cables are lieing loose. Is it typical for the local architecture there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFleece Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 I guess it all depends on how old the installations are. If they are't older than 40, then you're free to proceed. And even if, it's not a problem to cuff a thin wall. Here, we have al the pipes and cables going inside of the walls and floors, apart from the joints and valves, so that shouldn't be a problem in your case.By the way, it's pretty weird, seeing how the pipes and cables are lieing loose. Is it typical for the local architecture there?I'm guessing? I've heard people talk about similar basements, apparently a lot of the older houses here have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizy Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 When I lived in Arizona back in middle school, 50% of the house was a basement, so it was a really nice basement, basically as nice as any rooms you'd see upstairs. It had two bedrooms, an office, a bathroom, living room, and even a fucking kitchen. It was essentially a guest house attached to the main house by a staircase and that's where I lived most of the time. Never creeped me out too much (at least until I watched The Grudge lol), but the cool factor of it faded when we found a scorpion in the bathroom and were told that having one scorpion probably meant you had a lot of them living in the house. Thankfully we were in the process of moving when we found that.I have yet to visit a legit "creepy basement". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallium Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 But at least it's not haunted ...right? Have a nice night~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaraphayx Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 idk guys I think my basement is a p cool place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerig Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 speaking of spooky basements, we found bones buried in our basement in our old houseturns out it was used as a makeshift hospital during the Revolutionary War, and they buried dead guys down thereall my friends never wanted to have sleepovers when we were kids because they thought there would be ghosts :^( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolflich Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 all my friends never wanted to have sleepovers when we were kids because they thought there would be ghosts :^('I don't want to do [thing] because it would be AWESOME.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Meh, all unfinished basements are like that around here. They're not that spooky to me.Attics > basements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerig Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 'I don't want to do [thing] because it would be AWESOME.'yeah, bunch of sissiesI never saw any ghosts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaraphayx Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 yeah, bunch of sissiesI never saw any ghostsSounds like you got gypped.What use is having a basement full of dead people if you don't even get to see a ghost. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerig Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Sounds like you got gypped.What use is having a basement full of dead people if you don't even get to see a ghost.yeahdidn't even get to keep the bones either 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 There was a time in my life where I hunted ghosts. My fascination started when I learned the term EVP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaraphayx Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 There was a time in my life where I hunted ghosts. My fascination started when I learned the term EVPErotic Visual Projections? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Erotic Visual Projections?I haet you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaraphayx Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I haet you!With the help of some EVP, we could turn that around. :3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clove Darkwave Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Nope. Just nope to basements and attics, they shouldn't exist. Nor should sheds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiy0 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 if you see that on the news in some murder case guys you know where you saw it first. no but seriously if that rly is normal where you live in the older apartments somebody had no clue what he was doing. espescially with the cables. that looks so random and i kinda doubt that this is safe so close to whatever pipes those are. should atleast be isolated or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Doggo Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I wish I had pictures of what my grandmother's basement used to be like.It was actually very large, with stone walls and archways instead of doors. The foundation was probably a couple centuries old.way 2 spoogy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 What is even a basement. Never seen one in my life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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