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Basement Design & Planning Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1: Basement Design

Section 2: Basement Design Questions

Section 3: Basement Design Idea & Trends Guide

Section 4: Tips for Hiring Remodeling Contractors

Section 5: Questions to Ask Remodeling Contractors

Section 6: Questions to Ask References

Section 7: Product Resource Guide

Section 8: Remodeling Lingo

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BASEMENT DESIGN Finishing your basement can be a very rewarding to invest in. Many go unused yet they often offer a significant amount of space that could be put to good use, whether it is an additional living area, another , a home office or an entertainment area. On the next page is a list of basement design questions that can help guide how to put that extra space to the best possible use for you and your family.

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BASEMENT DESIGN QUESTIONS

What will I be using the If I am remodeling Will the basement What kind of do Do I have radon? basement for? an existing basement be used more for I want? Radon is an odorless • Gym do I need a entertaining or for family? • Recessed lighting gas that seeps into • In-Law Suite new? • Flush mount lighting basements from • Media • Tub Is the of the • Track lighting surrounding soils. • Office • Vanity basement solid? • Pendant lighting Uncontrolled, it can • Game room • expose you and your • Sports cave • Tile on How can I keep an access What kind of do I family to the equivalent • Master Bedroom • to my , electrical want to add? of 200 chest x-rays Suite • Shower and work? • Sliders annually. Mitigation • • Tile around shower • Steel of radon may involve • Teen bedroom • Tower What kind of do I • Pocket sealing cracks and • Craft room • Sink want? • French door surfaces or installing • Bar • Faucet • ventilation. • cellar • Tile around tub • Paneling What kind of do • Fans • Drywall I want? Do I want to add a safe What areas do I want to • Carpeting room? finish? Do I have any moisture What kind of do I • Tile A is a fortified • Walls problems that need to be want? • Luxury vinyl room that provides a • Laundry area solved? • Drop ceiling • Laminate safe place if a break in • • issues that • Acoustic tiles or another similar threat • Bathroom cause water to pool • Drywall What kind of storage occurs. The room usually • Floor near the walls should I add? contains some method • HVAC area • Leaks in foundation Do I need to sound proof • Wall shelving of communication that need sealed the ceiling? • Regular so authorities can be What do I want to add to • Flood prone areas • Built in ceiling contacted. the basement that isn’t may need a sump Do I want to add any • Ceiling height closets already there? pump ? If so, what kind What amenities do I need • Bathroom • High that of windows do I want to to add to make a media • would need a vapor add? What kind of heat do I room? • barrier behind walls • Single hung need to add? • Surround sound • Powder room and under floor • Slider • heat • Large screen TV • • Condensation behind • Double hung • Radiant heat • walls that could • Stationary • Office area require water pipes to • Casement • be insulated • Bow • Snack center • Mold which would require mold resistant drywall or paneling

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BASEMENT DESIGN IDEA GUIDE

GYM. Are you sick of driving to the gym? If you like to work out and don’t have the time to drive to the gym, a home gym might be a good solution.

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THEATER ROOM. Fun space to share movie memories and a special place for the family to bond and have fun.

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OFFICE NOOK. You work from home and need a quiet space to work. With the use of sound insulating products, creating an office in the basement can be a great way to get the peace and quiet area necessary to work from home.

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SPORTS CAVE. With a nice wet bar and a large flat screen TV, there isn’t a better space to hang out with your family and friends to watch a sporting event. Add surround sound audio system and it will feel like you’re at the game.

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GAME ROOM. Fun and games, no lack of activity in this basement.

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WINE CELLAR. This wine cellar will certainly wow all of your guests.

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TRADITIONAL BAR. Has the feeling of being at a really nice neighborhood bar but in the comfort of your own home.

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COZY LAUNDRY. More often than not, the laundry room feels like an isolated space. Turn it into a welcoming checkpoint with shelving and cupboard space for organization

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HOME SPA. After a long day there’s nothing better for your body and mind than a spa visit. So, why not turn your basement into an At Home Spa where you can relax and de stress in your very own home.

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FOCAL FIREPLACE. This beautiful fireplace is definitely the focal point of this great space.

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TEEN BEDROOM. Teens make a lot of noise with musical instruments, listening to loud music, inviting over loud friends. A basement bedroom can be the answer to all of these problems and give the family some peace. Sound proofing also. Creating a cool hang out: a couch for seating, pool table for entertainment. Your teens room can become the new cool hangout for your teen and their friends. This can make you more comfortable since you’ll always know where your teen is and what they are up to.

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COLLEGE BEDROOM. As your teen gets older they may need this private bedroom as they go to college and after college before they get that great job. I hear it all the time from homeowners. I want to keep an eye on my kids in the . From playing video games to shooting pool, basements make a great space for teenagers.

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OVERNIGHT GUESTS. Having an extra bedroom and bathroom in your basement can become space for your out of town guests. Secondary master suites are also a great way to add value to your home.

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TIPS FOR HIRING A HOME REMODELING CONTRACTOR

For most homeowners the hardest part of any home renovation project isn’t the work itself, it is finding a competent and reliable home remodeler to do the job. There are steps you can take to find the right home remodeler.

QUESTIONS TO ASK • Do you have a one stop • How do we QUESTIONS TO ASK HOME REMODELING full service and communicate with each REFERENCES PRODUCT CONTRACTORS bath design center other – email, phone, RESOURCE showroom or will I have text or how? • Were they easy to work GUIDE • How long have you been to make many trips to • Do you give me a written with? different stores to pick These are in business? warranty? • Were the employees out my selections? some of the • How much liability respectful to your • Will you give me a list of manufacturers insurance • Do I receive a detailed references I can call? home? bid from you or just a we use. do you carry? • Do they communicate numerical price? • Do you carry Worker’s RESEARCH HOME with you on a weekly BACKSPLASH Compensation on all • Are you licensed with REMODELING basis as to how project • Daltile of your carpenters and the state? CONTRACTORS was coming along? • American Olean laborers? • Do you pull all of the • Did they keep job site • Interceramic Check out each remodeler’s: • Will I be getting Proof of necessary local and clean? • Elements • Online reviews Insurance? municipal permits? • Galleries of work • Were there any CABINETS • Are you a member in • Will I receive a written • Testimonials additional charges they • Wellborn good standing with the contract with everything did not make you aware • Awards COUNTERTOPS Better Business Bureau? we agreed upon? of? • Website • Caesarstone • Do you use company • Do you assign a specific • page • Did you give them a • Cambria paid employees to Project Manager to my • Houzz page five-star review? • Hahnstone home remodel that is • Team page perform the work on my • Would you use them fully in charge of the • Showroom FAUCETS home or do you again? subcontract the work project or do I get my • Kohler information from just a • Moen out? carpenter? • Delta • Do you have a company • Blanco paid in-house design • What is your process? • Pfister team or do you

subcontract the design

work out?

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REMODELING LINGO

If you are starting a home remodeling project and feel overwhelmed, below is a guide to all the jargon and lingo you need to know before you start.

Addition – any construction Contractors – combine Floor Area – the square Miter – a 45 degree cut, unlike Shim – a thin piece of that increases a size managing, planning and footage of a or space a compound miter cut, the saw used during installation to by adding to its structure. For designing all in one. All stages blade remains at 0 degrees. ensure that countertops are – the floor area in front example, another room or an of a large project, estimating level. of a fireplace, or the actual Remodel – renovations are a additional story, costs, drawing plans and floor of the fireplace. The facelift, a remodel would be Subfloor – boards or plywood getting building permits. Bid – an offer to perform a hearth is usually constructed considered surgery for mounted over on which specified amount of work Designers – designers use of brick, stone or cement. your home, transforming the the finish floor is laid. under certain conditions with their creativity to plan the look structure and style of a space; HVAC – Heating, Ventilation Substrate – any surface to cost estimates included. and aesthetics of your project, changing the floor plan or and , all which a paint, stain or sealant the layout of a space, location layout of a room. For example, Blueprints – mechanical appliances of the system to is applied. of fixtures, fabric types and creating an open layout by drawings, prepared by an condition the air within the color schemes. removing a wall in your formal Tongue and Groove – a way architect, that show precise home. to connect the of connecting materials, such detail of a building or space Draw Schedule – a schedule Insulation – material used kitchen would be considered as wood, in which the tongue used during the planning and of payments usually included to prevent heat loss in a a remodeling job. Adding an of a board is placed into the construction of a project. in the contract that describes structure; is usually placed island counter top to your groove of the other board. at what points the customer Change Order – they are like within ceilings, and walls and kitchen floor plan would also will pay the contractor. May Vanity – a storage for addendums, except they are sometimes . Quality be a remodel. include a deposit, periodic that sits under the changes to the construction home insulation can help to payments for materials, work Renovation – a facelift for sink/counter. contract after work begins, reduce heating or performed and of course a your home. Common home it is an agreement between bills. final payment. renovations are replacing light Vessel – a style of sink that the owner and contractor is not fully installed into the Jamb – the around fixtures, repainting, changing to change the scope, price, Estimating – the process counter. It sits partially above a frame. The “side out cabinet hardware, schedule or similar term of the of determining the cost of a the counter. This type of basin jamb” is vertical while the installing new appliances, contract. Sometimes called project, typically results in a is often glass or porcelain and “head jamb” is horizontal. countertops and other similar “extras” or “add-ons.” ballpark cost estimate and project. No major plans to can be very colorful. usually occurs prior to signing Joint – any piece where two Construction Contract the room’s layout are made, Walkthrough – the Designer, a final contract. building materials come – legally binding, formal instead features of that room Project Manager Contractor together and leave a gap or agreement between two Fixture – a term which is are updated to give the room a and/or Subcontractors meet at space. parties recorded in document used to describe many items fresh new look. the project site to evaluate the form. It outlines each party’s within the home, typically – parallel Sconce – a light fixture project and scope of work. responsibilities, cost estimates, in bathrooms and . members installed horizontally attached to a wall. project timing and conditions Examples include sinks, to carry floor and ceiling loads. for changing the contract. faucets, bathtubs, almost anything exterior to the wall.

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