On all basement remodels, we must access the access to the basement area itself, when it comes to bringing in the building materials. A walk out basement or “Bilco” doors is best, but a window is great to pass long items down or through. We review the location or position of the basement stairs to bring down at minimum 4’x8′ boards. This basement in particular had a tough access situation, but we made it work and were able to achieve beautiful results!

In this basement renovation, we started by adding a perimeter of fire blocking with drywall between proposed wall and existing floor joists. Installation of fire resistant materials (in this case, the drywall) was to slow or prevent the spread of smoke and fire between or within building assemblies.

Once the fire blocking, plumbing alternations, and electrical work were complete, the drywall went up to transform this space from a cold concrete basement to a functional room!

Structural columns were wrapped to blend into this new beautiful space and a drop ceiling was installed with new canned lighting to replace the original fluorescent tubes.

We were able to create a back wall in the closet area to hide the basement systems, extra storage and the kitty litter box. We were happy to accommodate Duke the cat in this new family basement space by installing a cute cat shaped kitty door in the closet door.