My small dark dungeon build.
So my girlfriend and I purchased this house a year and a half ago. Finally, after working on the rest of the house for so long I have moved on to the basement to build my "cave". The house is a 1920's era house with all the wonderful problems associated with homes of that period. Luckily, most of the problems are minor, ie electrical, plumbing. I've already replaced 95% of the electrical of the house. The plumbing is something I'll tackle later. No problems with it really, just trying to future proof it. The basement originally had wonderful 50's wood paneling and awful vinyl tile. When we moved in the prior owners stripped the walls to hide a moisture problem.... Thanks! Not to worry though! During the first year I noticed some seepege on the internal block joints. I immediately added downspouts and graded the soil away from the house. That solved 75% of the problem right there. I then cleaned the blocks with a wire brush, sealed cracks with liquid polyurethane (looks like gorilla glue) and hydraulic cement, sealed the joint on the floor with polyurethane caulking, acid washed the white powder off, and painted 3 coats of zissner watertite oil-based sealer paint on. Finally, I added platon membrane over the walls and sealed the seam with buytl rubber caulking, taped the seam, and spray foamed over the seam for good measure. Hopefully I should never see a moisture problem again. I am using foam boards for the insulation in between each framing member too. I'll glue them to the platon and for extra hold i'll spray foam all the seams to lock the sheets in place. I've been told that I'm going overboard but I don't want to risk any future problems. I've spoken to 3 different insulation/moisture experts from reputable companies that have assured me that nothing I'm doing should cause problems by "overdoing" it. At least i'll have the peace of mind that it was done. Dimensions are 10' 8" by 25' 7" (I think) when framed. Oh, and I'm doing the build for about $1000 only! Here are some photos of the process:
The dungeon:
The leaks:
The old bar:
The tear down:
More tear down:
So much tear down....:
Filling the cracks:
First coat of watertite:
2nd coat (didn't take 3rd coat pic):
Up goes the platon:
Really dark picture of framing started:
Quick 3 minute sketchup of a really general idea of what I was looking to do:
More to come!
So my girlfriend and I purchased this house a year and a half ago. Finally, after working on the rest of the house for so long I have moved on to the basement to build my "cave". The house is a 1920's era house with all the wonderful problems associated with homes of that period. Luckily, most of the problems are minor, ie electrical, plumbing. I've already replaced 95% of the electrical of the house. The plumbing is something I'll tackle later. No problems with it really, just trying to future proof it. The basement originally had wonderful 50's wood paneling and awful vinyl tile. When we moved in the prior owners stripped the walls to hide a moisture problem.... Thanks! Not to worry though! During the first year I noticed some seepege on the internal block joints. I immediately added downspouts and graded the soil away from the house. That solved 75% of the problem right there. I then cleaned the blocks with a wire brush, sealed cracks with liquid polyurethane (looks like gorilla glue) and hydraulic cement, sealed the joint on the floor with polyurethane caulking, acid washed the white powder off, and painted 3 coats of zissner watertite oil-based sealer paint on. Finally, I added platon membrane over the walls and sealed the seam with buytl rubber caulking, taped the seam, and spray foamed over the seam for good measure. Hopefully I should never see a moisture problem again. I am using foam boards for the insulation in between each framing member too. I'll glue them to the platon and for extra hold i'll spray foam all the seams to lock the sheets in place. I've been told that I'm going overboard but I don't want to risk any future problems. I've spoken to 3 different insulation/moisture experts from reputable companies that have assured me that nothing I'm doing should cause problems by "overdoing" it. At least i'll have the peace of mind that it was done. Dimensions are 10' 8" by 25' 7" (I think) when framed. Oh, and I'm doing the build for about $1000 only! Here are some photos of the process:
The dungeon:

The leaks:


The old bar:

The tear down:

More tear down:

So much tear down....:

Filling the cracks:

First coat of watertite:

2nd coat (didn't take 3rd coat pic):

Up goes the platon:




Really dark picture of framing started:

Quick 3 minute sketchup of a really general idea of what I was looking to do:

More to come!