Friday, August 31, 2007

How You Can Waterproof That Basement

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Log Cabin Price Is Small If You Assemble Yourself

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Kitchen Design Through Quality

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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Tips For Learning Home Improvements

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Friday, August 24, 2007

I Have Water In My Basement. Help!

Basement Finishing part:2
wet basement solutions

Having water in your basement is no laughing matter. Even if you are not planning on finishing your basement you should do whatever you can to prevent that water from getting in there. A wet basement can be a health issue both for you and your family and for your house. Damp and wet basements provide ideal environments for mold and other fungi to thrive. To compound the problem, if your HVAC (heating/ventilation and air conditioning) unit is in the basement it can take those mold spores and carry them throughout your house through its air intake. Not a healthy situation at all.

So what can we do to solve the wet basement issue, there are many solutions. Let's start with something you can do yourself. If your water issues are not that severe you may be able to get away with just applying waterproofing-paint to the walls and floors of your basement.

There are many brands of waterproofing-paint. Through my experience and in my opinion the best brand of water-proofing paint is UGL. It's a very thick latex based waterproofing agent that will stop water from coming through the floors and walls up to a pressure of 12psi. UGL claims that 12psi is the eqivelent of a wall of water 26 feet high! That's impressive protection for just applying some paint.

As far as applying the product, you will want to use a roller with a heavy nap or a texture-sprayer. Never, I repeat, never try to apply UGL waterproofing using a standard paint-sprayer. At the very least you will need to have your sprayer professionally serviced, at the worst you will need a new sprayer, they just can't handle the thickness of the UGL product. If you don't want to roll the product you can rent a texture-sprayer from your local equipment rental agent. These are machines made for spraying different "popcorn" textures on ceilings and walls using plaster. You want to make sure you apply at least 2 heavy coats of the UGL product.

Up next, I will continue with waterproofing your basement.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Busy Day

Sorry...Water issues in the basement will have to wait until tomorrow. Busy day today between getting jobs done and doing estimates for future jobs. But tomorrow is a new day and I will be continuing the basement finishing series.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Planning Your Basement Remodel

Well I figured a great way to start this blog off would be with a series on basement remodeling. Now where I live ( in the North East) all of the houses have basements. Now I realize that lots of people in other regions don't have basements to be finished, however we will have many articles for you coming up real soon.

Basement Finishing part:1
Planning and Design

The first thing to consider, as with any remodeling project, is planning. What will the renovated area be used for? Considering that we are talking about a basement remodel and most basements have the same interior area as the footprint of the house they are underneath, we could be talking about a rather large area to be remodeling at once. So planning how this area is to be used is essential and should be done before you begin contacting contractors for estimates.

What types of rooms are you envisioning and what is your budget? These are two questions that contractors need answered when they come out to do an estimate. Are you going to just have one big family room or will there be a home theatre room, a bathroom, custom cherry bar and laundry room. Both of these configurations might take the same amount of square footage however there will obviously be a rather large cost difference.

Sketch a plan and have it ready for the contractors who will be bidding your job. Most will make their own sketches while they are there, however simply by the act of creating your basic "napkin plan" it will help you to envision how the area is to be used and what might work and what might not work as well as giving the contractor a visual idea of what you are envisioning for your basement project.

The next post will cover water issues in basements.
Stay Tuned.