Miguelito
Member
Hello,
I've been reading this forum and it has been very helpful in planning my DYI basement finishing.
I went to my (MA town) building dept, and after some reading was crushed to read that I need 7' to the ceiling and 6.6' to all boxes, beams, etc. While my (currently unfinished) basement has main ceilings of 7.5"+, the engineered wood beams are low enough to only give me 6'7". That means that I only have 1" to spare for all flooring and to wrap the beam. So much for my plan to use 1" XPS and 2 layers of 1/2" ply for the subfloor.
Now the good news is that my basement has ZERO water or humidity problems and is level and bone dry. The house was built in 2009-2010 and the ground slopes rather well to the back of the property and it has soil that drains very quickly (both very much opposite to my last house that sat on clay!).
I'm thinking of just applying drylok or similar and perhaps a layer of that thin foam used under PT wood when against concrete. Then simply put down carpeting (over carpeting foam for a bit of padding). Hopefully I can keep this to an inch or less.
Thoughts?
I've been reading this forum and it has been very helpful in planning my DYI basement finishing.
I went to my (MA town) building dept, and after some reading was crushed to read that I need 7' to the ceiling and 6.6' to all boxes, beams, etc. While my (currently unfinished) basement has main ceilings of 7.5"+, the engineered wood beams are low enough to only give me 6'7". That means that I only have 1" to spare for all flooring and to wrap the beam. So much for my plan to use 1" XPS and 2 layers of 1/2" ply for the subfloor.
Now the good news is that my basement has ZERO water or humidity problems and is level and bone dry. The house was built in 2009-2010 and the ground slopes rather well to the back of the property and it has soil that drains very quickly (both very much opposite to my last house that sat on clay!).
I'm thinking of just applying drylok or similar and perhaps a layer of that thin foam used under PT wood when against concrete. Then simply put down carpeting (over carpeting foam for a bit of padding). Hopefully I can keep this to an inch or less.
Thoughts?