Renovation Guides & Insights
Contractor-tested advice, ideas and cost breakdowns — straight from the GMC Construction team.
24 articles
A finished basement can make a Newmarket home more useful, more competitive, and easier for buyers to understand. The strongest projects do more than…
A basement renovation succeeds when the decisions are made in the right order. Finishes come late. Moisture, structure, intended use, permits, mechanical systems, and…
Basement flooring sits directly over one of the coldest and most moisture-sensitive surfaces in a home. The right finish must suit the slab, the…
Underpinning and bench footing can both support a lower basement floor, but they change the foundation in different ways. Underpinning extends the existing foundation…
Soundproofing a basement ceiling can reduce voices, television noise, footsteps, chair movement, and mechanical vibration between floors. It cannot make two rooms completely silent,…
A basement can become a family room, office, gym, guest area, rental suite, or entertainment space, but the best idea is the one that…
A good basement game room is more than a television and a pool table. It needs a layout that supports movement, enough power and…
A finished basement is not automatically a legal apartment. New flooring, a kitchen, and a separate door may make a space look rentable, but…
A basement can create valuable separation between work and home life, but a desk in an unfinished corner is not a complete office. Below-grade…
Finishing a basement can add a family room, office, gym, guest area, bathroom, storage, or an additional residential unit without expanding the home’s footprint.…
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