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BASEMENT RENOVATION CHECKLIST
• The height of your ceiling:
• The lowest that your ceiling can be should be 6.8 feet high, and it should also
have a headroom just below the top of the frame and the ductwork.
• Make sure your walls, slabs and footings are in good condition:
• To enable you to achieve a good result with your basement renovation work,
you have to be sure that your walls, slabs, and footings are in good
conditions. Check for issues like cracks, crumbling and powdery mortar and
concrete and get experts to address them.
• Floors:
• If your foundation was built on a disturbed soil, you might at some point in
time experience sinking and also the lifting up of your concrete floors. So
you'll need to call in an expert to analyze and address the issue.