Note the first floor trusses that double as ceiling framing for the basement. Be sure that the basement walls are at least ten feet high from floor to top. This allows space for heat and air ducts. A suspended ceiling eight feet in height is then possible.

This is a picture of the rear elevation of the house. Note the slope of the lot which allowed for the basement.

 The front of the house shows the pre-manufactured basement walls. The manufacturer is Superior Walls. The walls were built in the factory, loaded onto a tractor trailer and delivered to the site. The factory furnished the erection crew.

Construction time of the walls was only one day. The Superior Wall is water-proof, window and door openings are already cut, insulated, guaranteed and most of all more economical than a concrete block foundation.