For starters, if you have ever thought of your home as a beautiful castle, there’s one room that every castle always has: a dungeon.

Thankfully we’re in the 21st century and your home doesn’t need to torture you. So, if you consider your basement to be your dungeon room, it’s time for an update!

Maybe your basement isn’t as bad as a dingy dungeon, but here are some cues for an upgrade. If your basement is wet, has poor air quality, mold, or smells, you need to consider finishing your basement.

But, there is a big difference between having the local handyman finish your basement, and contacting certified basement professionals who use the right products to prevent you from remodeling your basement a second time. We’ll discuss what qualifies a basement for remodeling, and also who you can contact for reliable service.

A Moat for Your Castle

Water – it’s not the most desirable element to have dwelling within your home. But, if you do, either you have a moat, or you have some plumbing leaks. Either way, it’s not a good look for your home’s value, or your potential to enjoy your whole house! So, don’t leave your basement in this wet condition.

Maybe you have had some leaks, but nothing major, or if you have never had leaks, guess what? You’re not immune unless you have had your basement completely finished with waterproof materials.

Since homes are made of a large piping network, it’s more than likely that one will burst. You want to be prepared when that pipe bursts and water is everywhere.

What Are You Coughing-up?

Yes, you are coughing-up a lot of money if you continue to take your family to the doctor with asthma symptoms, coughs, allergies, and paying for quick fixes that don’t last. These symptoms could be a result of the air you are breathing. Sure, you don’t spend that much time in your basement, but neither does the air.

This is called the stack effect. Air comes in through the areas of your home with low air pressure such as your basement, and flows into the higher levels of your home, then back outside. According to building experts, up to 40 percent of the air you breathe on the first floor rose up from the basement.

So, if you think keeping your basement hidden will protect you from dealing with what’s down there, unfortunately that is not the case.

Mold Might Love Your Basement

Odds are your basement is a prime living arrangement for mold. Check this out:

Mold likes to live in temperatures between 32 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit, be around water or Kamagra Soft humidity, eat organic materials, and produce spores and multiply.

Basements tend to be humid, and wet. If you don’t see water, you have to remember that the earth is a very moist planet, just dig down a couple of feet and you find moisture. That moisture constantly enters out basements through the porous concrete walls and floors in the form of water vapor.

The dry wall, lumber, particle board, and use of air conditioning are all prime examples of why mold is most likely to be in your basement. These materials are organic, so they were living at one point and that’s what attracts the mold. The air conditioning tends to cool the air so quickly that there is no time for dehumidifying the air. So, mold is resting comfortably along with you.

What’s That Smell?

If you’re wondering how mold multiplies, it’s through the release of spores. Coincidentally, these spores are to blame for giving basements that funky smell and many people suffer from an array of allergy symptoms from mold spores, too.

So, let’s change the stigma. When someone smells something musty it’s easy to say, “Ew, it smells like a basement!” No one wants to be a part of that group with a stinky basement. By choosing to remodel your basement with waterproof materials, you will be protecting your living space from mold and its spores. Bye-bye moldy smell, hello clean air. Happy breathing!

What Not To Do

If you can identify with any of the above concerns, please do not continue to use this space. When your basement is wet, has mold, and smells; the air not only carries these things into the rest of your house, but drastically effects whatever is in the space.

Think about this. All of the items you are storing such as: out of season clothes, your kid’s toys, holiday decorations or maybe summer furniture; they are all absorbing each of those pollutants we just talked about.

A basement can be a great storage space, but you’ll be doing yourself an injustice by storing things in an unhealthy and destructive environment.

Here’s What To Do

Now you know whether your basement needs some TLC (tender love and care), and with the help from a local basement finishing expert, you can transform your dysfunctional basement into an alluring and functional space. Not only should you want your basement to be alluring, but it also needs to be sustainable. This means you need to have your basement finished properly with waterproof materials.

Author Bio: Lake Side Total Basement Finishing offers free quotes on your basement remodeling in Milwaukee. Check us out as yourMilwaukee basement finishing expert. With each free written estimate you’ll get a design consult, a 3D imagery of your newly designed basement, our book “Basement Finishing Science – What to Have Done… and WHY”.

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