Ceiling Height in Basement

[David DeWitt]

I know this is a long shot...

Has anyone underpinned or bench footed a portion of their basement to accommodate your golf simulator? I have an unfinished basement. Floor to bottom of joists is 7 foot 9 inches. I can actually manage to swing long irons and hybrid because my back swing goes in between the joists and, unless I over-swing, my follow-through is fine.

So, has anyone bench footed or under pinned their basement? I would only need to do 150 sq feet or so. I have no idea how much it would cost. Does anyone have an idea of the cost, assuming there are no pipes that need to be re-routed and its a simple process?

Alternatively, is there a way to replace a portion of the joists/beams with something that does not come down so far? I am no engineer so I would have no idea.

Thanks

[Godfather]

Both have been done in builds on this site. You may need to try searching some key terms to find them.

[jrz]

What did you decide? My basement dig will be complete tomorrow afternoon. It definitely required engineering because I needed to excavate three feet down right next to the foundation.

[wbond]

How big of an area did you end up digging out?

[jrz]

I dug a 20'x12' hitting area, which was dictated by a support post in the middle of the basement. I'll post details once I have the screen framed out and the flooring down.