the wife says i can have the basement
and i'm sure i could pay somebody to come over
and tell me it's not even worth it.
anyways, i thought i'd post some pictures and
see if anyone thinks that i can save it.
originally i thought i'd float the floor
cover the windows and maybe the ceiling
and it would be fairly sound proof.
the walls are 18 inch rock and about 80% underground.
of course, i won't know until i get down there and make
some noise, but it seems fairly dry for missouri.
anyways, here's the pictures. sure wish i had an extra
10 grand to get somebody to do the job right.
http://artwhore.sunflower.com/garage/
don't ask me why it's called garage, i through this together
while messed up on cold medicine.
3 questions about moisture in the basement.
1. do cement sealers prevent nature breathing and do they
in fact prevent moisture.
2. can i drywall/rockwool the ceiling of a 100 y/o house
and would that make any difference in sound outside
3. can i float a floor if there is any moisture in the basement
thanks and good day.
so i just bought a house.
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 7891.
It is the year 2007 and you can make a nice little studio in your basement... it just comes down to CASH. You can seal the walls and the basement... you could move some of the wood beams to make room.3 questions about moisture in the basement. 1. do cement sealers prevent nature breathing and do they in fact prevent moisture. 2. can i drywall/rockwool the ceiling of a 100 y/o house and would that make any difference in sound outside 3. can i float a floor if there is any moisture in the basement thanks and good day.
1. I've used DryLock, and it works very well. I don't know about it preventing natural breathing, but if the basement's breathing is bringing in water, I say smother it. 2. As for drywall, it depends on how much weight the floor joists can support. Check this out carefully. The drywall will help prevent sound transmission to the outside; I don't think the rockwool will at all (correct me if I'm wrong, folks!). 3. I'd suggest you do. To raise the floor up on rubber and allow air to flow underneath it is far preferable to locking the moisture under a hard floor. I'm not doing the whole floated floor thing in my basement, but I am using DriCore subfloor tiles which raises the floor on polyethylene cleats, so that air can flow under it. You can check it out at http://www.dricore.com/. - Andy3 questions about moisture in the basement. 1. do cement sealers prevent nature breathing and do they in fact prevent moisture. 2. can i drywall/rockwool the ceiling of a 100 y/o house and would that make any difference in sound outside 3. can i float a floor if there is any moisture in the basement thanks and good day.
we hired the local dry basement company to come in and rip out the existing floor and put a drainage system in.
i've all but given up on soundproofing other than the windows. i'm still curious about putting something on the ceiling, but considering outside the house, the sound is almost nil, the only noise i'd be stilfleing would be inside the house itself. my wife on the 3rd floor said the guitar on 3 was louder than hell, coming through the vents, of course.
considering the dough we're dropping on the new basement floor, it's just not gonna be economically to do much else down there, but i sure wish i could turn this into a real studio. oh well, i can still live vicariously through all of the wonderful projects on this website.
No. In fact, you shouldn't build anything in the basement if you have an unresolved moisture problem down there. Check out the numerous active basement build projects on here. I realize they're probably much more ambitious than anything you're able and willing to do right now, but there's a lot to learn from them. In particular, Andy Eade's Rotten Basement Conversion Thread is a great education in how not to finish a basement when there's an existing moisture problem... :roll: Andy's doing everything right, but the previous homeowner did not, so he ended up with a huge mess to deal with before he could move forward. And I also challenge you on your purported need to float a floor in the first place... Study the "Is a Floating Floor Right For You? Answer: Probably NOT" sticky thread. Congratulations on the house buy. 8) --Keith :mrgreen:3. can i float a floor if there is any moisture in the basement