Benefits of basement lowering.
Lower basement floor underpinning.
Basement lowering underpinning and basement renovations.
One is called underpinning and the other benching.
In addition to this smaller spaces can make some individuals feel claustrophobic and a little uncomfortable.
Also known as underpinning basement lowering entails digging out the basement floor several feet down.
Lowering your basement floor is a great way to provide your household with a little more headroom.
This will add value to your home by ensuring the basement can easily be accessed and used.
Both involve structural changes to your foundation walls and footings that will enable you to have more useable space and allow you to have the basement waterproofed.
In addition underpinning also enhances the integrity of the structure thus uplifting the face of your home.
Typically foundations are built 8 feet deep but after you install both the floors and the ceilings space can evaporate quite quickly.
To lower the concrete floor your contractor will then mark numbers on the wall 1 2 and 3.
When the job begins the foundation wall is marked.
This will be in accordance with the underpinning crawl space drawings provided by the engineer.