How To Waterproof A Basement So You Can Upgrade It

How To Waterproof A Basement So You Can Upgrade It

Waterproof Your Westchester, Dutchess, Or Putnam County Basement So You Can Enjoy It

You can turn your basement into an actual living space! The best place to start is learning how to waterproof a basement so it won’t get damaged. After that, you can start finishing it into whatever kind of room you want, whether it’s a man cave, kid cave, or guest area.

Here are the basic steps you can follow to waterproof your basement.

It Has To Happen Before It’s Too Late

“Ok, this is really not good,” Sharon says worriedly.

She can see the water stains spreading all over the walls of their basement. It’s unsightly, not good for their walls, and it’s getting in the way of her plans to finish their basement.

At least she has a few ideas of what’s causing it and she can probably fix that on her own or have her husband help her. It’s keeping it from happening again that’ll be the main problem. If she can fix that then she can learn how to finish a basement.

She sighs heavily, pulls out her phone, and searches ‘how to waterproof a basement’ on Google.

Here is what she finds.

How To Waterproof A Basement In 4 Basic Steps

1. Remove any paints, adhesives, etc from your basement walls and/or floor
2. Clean the walls and floor
3. Make any repairs and seal them
4. Waterproof your basement with an appropriate waterproofing sealer (like concrete sealer for concrete)

“There really aren’t that many steps, huh,” Sharon thinks to herself in surprise. Then she realizes that this is only for waterproofing the interior of a basement.

The process for how to waterproof a basement exterior takes a lot more work and money. You have to dig to the foundation using bigger machines, make repairs, apply a sealant, and then fill it back in.

So to completely waterproof a basement you’ll need to work on the outside and the inside.

Sharon will need to think on this for a while and talk to her husband about it because it won’t be cheap. She may have to do it in sections, first the outside then the inside.

But the sealant should last a lifetime so it might be worth the cost, especially considering the fact that a finished basement will be amazing:

Sharon considers what she wants from her basement. When (not if) she finishes it she’ll use it until she sells the house and even then it’ll help increase the overall selling price.

Sharon decides to contact a contractor to get an estimate so she can start moving forward with her plan.

A Few Months Later

Sharon walks into her finished basement with a smile on her face. It took a lot of time and money but seeing and using her basement makes it worth it. It’s great for get-togethers, having guests stay over, and being a great place to unwind.

She sure is glad she found those 3 ideas for finishing a basement.

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