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November 16, 2007
Add Value to Your Home - Enhance Basement Areas for Holiday Gatherings
Uncovering concrete basement floors can add value to your home. Finished basement areas in a home are quickly becoming one of the most popular home remodeling projects, and The Concrete Network offers detailed information on including concrete floors in your basement remodel.
Yucaipa, CA (PRWEB) November 16, 2007 -- Often an overlooked area of the house, primarily used for storage, basements are gaining popularity for their many other practical uses. Expanding the living space into the basement can be much more economical than adding another room or floor onto an existing home. Refinishing a basement area can add value to the home, maximizing the return on the homeowner's investment, and as the holidays approach, they can be transformed into great entertaining areas or guest bedrooms for holiday visitors.
The Concrete Network, the largest and most comprehensive source for concrete information, offers a wide-range of information on everything there is to know about basement renovations, including incorporating concrete throughout the remodel. The section uncovers seven myths when incorporating concrete floors, reviews a host of advantages that come with renovating, explores popular uses for basements, design tips and much more.
A basement is the perfect place to utilize extra square footage in your home. Cold, dark spaces can be transformed into cozy and comfortable living areas, entertaining areas, playrooms, offices and more. Having a floor plan for the desired usage of the space is essential in avoiding future remodels down the road. An open floor plan, maximizing both natural (outdoor daylight) and artificial lighting can create the ideal living space.
Enhancing the existing concrete floors rather than covering them up is becoming the gold standard in basement floor treatments, with benefits that extend well beyond aesthetics. Homeowners are taking advantage of the limitless possibilities decorative concrete floor applications have to offer. Decorative stains and colors can be added, and engraving and texturing techniques can be applied to create custom finishes. With decorative concrete, there's also no risk of chemical emissions, like there are from new carpeting.
Established in 1999, The Concrete Network's purpose is to educate consumers, builders, and contractors on popular decorative techniques and applications. These include stamped concrete, stained concrete floors, concrete countertops, polished concrete, and much more. In July 2007 The Concrete Network Website had over 1.3 million visitors researching decorative concrete.
The site excels at connecting buyers with local contractors in their area through its Find-A-Contractor service. The service provides visitors with a list of decorative concrete contractors throughout the U.S. and Canada, and is fully searchable by 23 types of decorative concrete work and 202 regional areas throughout North America.
Article photo and attached photo courtesy of Kline Construction Inc. Attached photo courtesy of The Design Center.
Posted by Industrial-Manufacturing at November 16, 2007 04:45 AM