Digging Up Concrete Basement Floor. The good news is that our plumber didn't change his bid at all with the tweak to the scope. Turning an unusable basement into a finished one includes legal requirements. The first step in lowering the basement is to remove the concrete floor, breaking it up with sledge hammers or jackhammers.
Whether you need to remove a whole slab or a smaller section, with the right tools and some elbow grease, you'll be able to break up the concrete and clear it out. Interior membrane or coating is a temporary solution. It is appealing to solve a basement moisture problem with a membrane or coating on the inside.
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This included exposing a good section of the. And i spent a good bit of time this weekend breaking up part of the concrete floor in the basement and digging the clay soil out to get ready for the new drains for the basement bathroom. By drying out the basement air, moisture is drawn into the basement more rapidly causing efflorescence and spalling of concrete and further damage to interior finishes. Sledgehammers vary according to head weight and handle length.