Dirt floor basement

Transforming a Damp, Dark Basement With a Dirt Floor - Now Dry & Clean - The homeowners were tired of their damp, musty basement and the poor air quality due to

Many older homes were constructed with unfinished dirt basements. These basements were thought to be unused spaces within the homes' foundations. Nowadays, many homeowners of historical or classic properties are looking for ways to maximize their home's square footage.

Read this article to understand basement flooring solutions for dirt floors.

Putting in a permanent basement floor is a great way to better utilize a large space in your home.

As a general rule, flooring designed to go over dirt, must have a tight interlocking system and a raised base that allows for air flow and is non-absorbent. In most cases, this means a plastic flooring system. Whether you have a dirt floor basement or outdoor space on which you want to put flooring over dirt, Greamats offers many different products that would work well.

Homes with dirt floors in the basement are more common than we realize. Let us assume there is a staircase from the main floor inside the house that leads into the basement. Also, assume there are windows in the foundation below the floor plate, so natural light enters the basement. Lastly, let us assume there is headroom when standing on the dirt floor,

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Dirt Floor Crawl Space

The basement of my two-family house started with a dirt floor and approximately 6′ of clearance from the dirt to the first floor rafters. Some of the pipes made the clearance even less. I decided t…

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We are finishing our basement! Among the rubble of renovating the other two floors of our new-to-use house, we are also going to tackle the basement at the same…

It has been awhile since I have updated you on the basement project! Why? Well, we hit a snag with the drain backing up, which in turn drained our bank account...hahaha...So we had to put it off for just a little bit. If you haven't been following, here is a recap here and here. Trust me, it is amazing what paint can do! In a nutshell, our basement has this neat little room with shelving and workbench. The problem, it looked just awful! We have been using paint to transform the space! Next…

Transforming a Damp, Dark Basement With a Dirt Floor - Now Dry & Clean - The homeowners were tired of their damp, musty basement and the poor air quality due to

bThe underpinning is complete! Four weeks to do ~900sq/ft. Good jobbie guys! On Thurs/Fri they worked on the drains and dug a trench for the weeping tile. As far as I can tell the last pile of dirt that they discarded was the final pile of dirt. They also suspended the hot water tank and the boiler from the joists. They made the executive decision to move the sump pump to the utility room - instead of the laundry room (good idea). Whew - I am glad that part is over. It was DIRTY. DUSTY…

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Water seeping up from the basement floor can be a pain and a big deal. Here is what is causing the water issue and what you can do to fix it.