ditto w/the above posters Just went through all of that w/our basement - start outside first - especially helpful while downpouring - you may be surprised how the water is flowing off the roof/gutters - 1. landscaping pitched away fr. foundation 2. preferably no large plantings near foundation - they will attract water 3. gutters properly attached, pitched, draining away from home 4. you could try filling the cracks in the foundation to see how that holds up - 5.sump if necessary Waiting to see if your remedies work keeping moisture/water out before laying new flooring - in the interim get the carpet up/out and treat the floor -

PVC or possible just painted wood.

What I'm considering is a four-season sunroom added onto the back of my house, which will become an extension of the kitchen. This is the extent of where I'm at. I'm on what is my step 1, which is the floor. Do I have a contractor pour a concrete floor and gloss it up, adding two steps for stepdown from the kitchen to the sunroom? Or do I have them bring it two steps up, thus no steps at all, and do a wooden floor? Anything else will require my coming back in about three years, once I have the plans drawn and a couple of quotes from contractors. A real estate agent recommended I come here for some good ideas, and that it would be easy to separate the wheat from the chaff, as far as commenters go. All of this being said, this is my first question and it's already exhausting and tedious. I didn't realize it would be so hard to get a conversation going and spitball some ideas around with people who have "been there, done that." I'm done with this site and especially these boards. I guess it's my bad to expect people to simply have a conversation w/o using flash cards, a precise drawing from an architect, and color chips already in place. Sorry to have bothered you with my mundane desire to just discuss.

I've sanded old pine floors before, and they didn't smell like Christmas.