Golden, CO · Basement Finishing
Turn that cold storage basement into a real room. We finish Golden basements into legal bedrooms, rec rooms, and baths, and we build them for the expansive soils and older foundations this town is known for.
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Zachary H. · bathroom remodelWhat we see in Golden basements
Golden sits on Clear Creek at an elevation of about 5,675 feet, on Front Range ground that moves when it gets wet. A finished basement here lives or dies on soil, water, and a legal egress. Here is what we plan for.
The bedrock around Golden includes claystone and shale that swell when they take on water. That is why homes here use floating walls that let the slab move a little. We frame to that standard so a heaving slab does not crack your new drywall or jam your doors.
Want a bedroom down there? Code needs an egress window big enough to climb out of and a proper window well. Many older Golden basements do not have one. We cut it in, waterproof the well, and that is what makes the bedroom legal and safe.
Basements under homes near the 12th Street Historic District are often low, a little damp, and built on older foundations. We deal with the moisture first, add insulation and a vapor plan, and raise the comfort before we ever hang a sheet of drywall.
Most basement problems here start with water finding the foundation. We look at grading, downspouts, and any past seepage before we finish, and we keep a plan to move water away, because a finished basement is the worst place to discover a leak.
Homes in Genesee and Lookout Mountain often sit on sloped lots with a walkout basement, which brings great light and easy egress. Those homes are usually on a well and septic, and above 6,400 feet the county wildland-urban interface rules can apply, so we plan for both.
Finishing a basement adds walls, electrical, and often plumbing, so it pulls a permit under City of Golden Municipal Code Chapter 15.08 in town, or through Jefferson County in the foothills. We confirm your zone (often R-1 or R-1A) and handle the permit and the inspections.
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Where we finish basements in Golden
From the older homes downtown to the ranches in Applewood and the walkouts in the foothills, we work all over Golden and the unincorporated areas around it. A few of the neighborhoods we are in often:
Golden basement questions
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