Connecticut Basement Systems Before & After Photos

The owners of this home wanted to insulate their finished basement. However, the “old-school” approach to insulating basement walls (with fiberglass batts and wood studs) isn’t a smart investment because wood framing and fiberglass insulation will absorb basement moisture and attract mold. Damp, compressed fiberglass loses its insulating value. Basement-to-Beautiful™ wall panels provide a longer-lasting, superior alternative to this. Basement to Beautiful panels enable your contractor to install insulation, wall framing and wiring chases in a single step. Vertical steel nailing flanges take the place of wood studs, enabling you to install finished wall paneling. The SilverGlo® rigid foam insulation we use in our panels will never absorb moisture, lose R-value or fall out of place like fiberglass can. The Basement to Beautiful wall panels made this basement warmer and saved the owners money!

This Brookfield basement had dreary and outdated windows. Not only were the windows unattractive, but there were many holes and cracks in the window that would allow air and moisture to flow through. With this unwanted airflow and moisture, the basement became a dreary and unwelcoming area. Wanting a solution, the homeowner decided to call Connecticut Basement Systems.

The solution for this basement was to install new windows. Our EverLast windows are the best there are, offering a double pane insulation that will ensure no drafts. In addition, that they are beautiful windows, letting in a lot of natural light into the basement. With no drafts, you will save money on your electric bill every month! This is exactly what the homeowner wanted, just look at the before and after photo! 

These Brookfield homeowners wanted to transform their basement to beautiful. After researching many companies, they decided to go with the best and our team at Total Basement Finishing, a division of CT Basement Systems, was happy to help! The first step in this transformation was to upgrade the floors. As you can see, before, the floors were concrete which made it very unwelcoming and cold. The homeowners made an upgrade to beautiful ThermalDry Elite Dark Walnut flooring. This luxurious wood plank looks and feels, like a wood material, but it is a vinyl material that’s water resistant. The results of this product are a warmer basement that will not grow mold, rot or buckle. This is exactly what the homeowners wanted and were pleased with the results. They even added easy wrap column sleeves that make the supporting beams of the basement look beautiful. The walls are last to be finished but the transformation of the floors is quite the before and after! 

A homeowner in Brookfield, CT was getting water in their basement, causing a lot of damage. They called us at Connecticut Basement Systems to help solve their problem so that they never have to worry about these issues again. Once an appointment was made, it would be time for one of our Sales Consultants Jimmy Stablein to go out to the home to assess the issues and propose a long-term solution. 

The next step would be for one of our Foremen, Sid Avis, and his team to install this project. They installed a two-stage waterproofing system, which includes our DryTrak drain system and our WaterGuard drain system as well. This will collect any water coming in from the floors and walls and then direct it into a sump pump. The specific sump pump proposed for this job was a SuperSump Plus. This will take that collected water and pump it out of the home at a safe distance through a discharge line. Then our crew installed a Sedona dehumidifier to protect the basement from moisture and mold growth. Now with our systems, this basement will stay dry and no longer have water damage. 

As you can see from the before picture, this basement was having serious flooding problems. To fix the problem we installed a SuperSump Pump; which will remove the water from the room. We also installed CleanSpace walls to the first 2' of the walls to prevent any further damage from water.