Should I paint/waterproof my basement floor?
diymostoftime
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waterproofing steps before finishing my basement
Comments (1)The essential measures to keep water at bay are outside the house. Inside, I would limit the use of moisture sensitive finishings and keep any that are moisture sensitive an inch or two above floor level. That would mean no wall-to-wall carpeting, only loose rugs and no wood flooring of any kind. Instead, tiles or stone on an anti-fracture membrane. Put wall base plates on 1" of XPS; you might have to use floating walls because of the soil....See MoreHas anyone used Ames basement waterproof paints?
Comments (13)I have several 1920 and 1950 era duplex homes in Cleveland Ohio area where Basements are known for there dampness and disfunctioning footer drains. Digging up around house is just about impossible due to close proximity of houses to each other. Personally I Have removed as much previous applied paint as possible, clean walls with a disinfectant, applied muratic acid to etch, rinse then used fiberglass wall straps drilled into slab and sill board and epoxy to prevent wall movement 4in straps 4’oc. 12” wide straps if walls are not cinder block but old clay tile block. Sealed bad spots with water plug. Then applied a layer of Ames block and wall. Just like blue max but I think it is more adhesive and well white in color. Then ensuring down spots and gutters take water away from foundation and slope soil or flower beds away from home and use a visqueen (impervious plastic membrane under flower beds and souls against house typ. 4’ from house if possible) under slopped soil. This has always dried up basements for me. Have renovated over 20 pre wwII homes own 7 rental units. But since I am a state registered professional structural engineer I would also say eliminating any hydrostatic pressure from walls is indeed best but sometimes not possible and in that senerio the above has worked well for me....See Morewaterproof /water resistant basement flooring?
Comments (0)Anyone ever use Max Tile (interlocking vinyl tiles) or (allegedly) waterproof interlocking carpet tiles for a basement with flooding potential? Any feedback? Other suggestions? We are redoing a basement and put in a french drain and new sump pump to avoid flooding... but before pump was plugged in, we were hit with heavy rains and there was major flooding. Pump should work in the future, but just to be safe, want to put in flooring that is waterproof/resistant. Plan to use basement as play room so I am hesitant to use concrete/tile flooring which may be too hard. Thanks....See MoreHelp. Just stained my floors dark . Should I paint my walls?
Comments (10)Lighter walls and a darker rug, and overall more color please. Right now there is no focal point in this room, and I hope you'll consider a fantastic painting over the fireplace and ditch all the small stuff on the mantel. With such a very dark floor the light rug just looks wrong. In nature you have the brown earth, then green grass and trees and then the lighter blue of the sky. Try a warm colored rug (like an Oriental, which has many colors), a glass coffee table which will show the rug instead of the weighty, chunky ottoman, off-white walls and drapes that are not much darker than the walls to open up this room. Pillows with colors taken from the rug which will tie the color scheme together, and then art on the walls in rich colors to glow against the light walls....See Morejejvtr
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