Curing Wet Basements With Epoxy Waterproofer
Stained concrete overlays are great for basements and wine cellars
Any basement below grade can have moisture issues Even new construction with a properly installed moisture vapor barrier can have wet basements. The floor may be dry but moisture can wick through the concrete walls.
When moisture wicks through the concrete mold forms creating unhealthy air [...]
Basement Flooring Ideas
The basement floor shown in the picture below is a simple skim coat colored with waterbased dyes. Application can be viewed by video at www.metrocrete.tv
It really is the ultimate floor if your looking for basement flooring ideas. This floor had wall to wall carpeting which was removed. Wall to wall carpeting just doesn’t cut it [...]
Preventing Basement Black Mold
Wet basement floors are the primary cause of mold growth. Basement black mold and other toxic molds area serious health issue.
Exposure to mold will cause headaches, dizziness, memory loss, fatique, nausea, shortness of breath, permanently scarred lungs and numerous other unhealthy symptoms.
Mold frequently starts in the basement with wet basement floors.. Moisture perpetuating mold [...]
Basement Flooring Ideas – Case Study
The subject floor is a basement concrete floor in a new construction “Green” home. When the concrete slab was poured the concrete was integrally colored meaning color was mixed in the truck. The builder made sure the slab was troweled properly. The colored concrete floor was to be the finished floor.
After the concrete was poured [...]
The Ultimate Basement Concrete Floor
I recently wrote an article about how the ultimate basement floors are concrete overlays without seams with area rugs. Well here is a floor that “takes it up a notch” as Emeril puts it.
Over the weekend I received a photo of a basement concrete floor installed by a do it yourselfer. Never had this guy [...]
