The basement may seem like one of the least important areas of your home. However, it can actually impact your home's value and function more than you realize. In particular, its floor can influence how comfortable, safe, and valuable your home actually is. You can protect and improve this part of your home by applying a top-quality basement floor coating to it.
Protection From Moisture
The basement in your home can be exposed to elements like water and moisture throughout the year. Heavy precipitation in the spring can cause runoff to get into your basement. Melting snow and ice can leak from the top of your roof and eaves onto the ground and seep into the basement's walls and floors. This excess moisture can make the floors in this part of your home not only wet and unpleasant on which to walk. It can also make the flooring dangerous to walk on and cause someone to slip and fall.
Further, the moisture can cause dangerous elements like fungus to grow. Even after the water dries up, your home can become infested with black mold, mildew, and other fungal growths that can compromise the health and safety of your home and family.
To prevent water and moisture from damaging the flooring, you can use a basement floor coating on it. The coating creates an epoxy surface that resists water. It forces the water to pool and run into the floor's drain and into the soil under your home.
Adding Value
The basement floor coating can also add value to your home. When the appraiser values your home, he or she will inspect this part in it. He or she will examine how intact the flooring in the basement is and in what state it is during the appraisal process.
When you want your home to be appraised as high as possible, you can use basement floor coating to make the floor dry and visually appealing. You can easily sweep and mop the floor before the basement is appraised. The coating can add hundreds of dollars in value to your home, which can be imperative for any plans that you have to sell it.
Basement floor coating can improve the safety, function, and value of your home. It can resist water and prevent mold and mildew from taking root and growing. It can also raise your home's overall appraisal value.
If you are interested in a basement floor coating, contact a flooring contractor in your area.
