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Basement Remodeling Contractor Northern Virginia

Basement Remodeling Contractor Northern Virginia

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Basement Remodeling In Northern Virginia is a great way to increase the value of your property and will also give your family additional living space. Fairfax Contractor is a basement remodeling contractor that provides complete packages, including designs and construction. With professional basement remodeling, you can add new living space for a new bedroom, game room, home theater, guest room, exercise room, full bathroom, office, and family rooms. Finished basements can feature kitchens, wet bars, and even saunas and steam rooms. We are your go-to basement remodeling contractor in Northern Virginia. We offer a turnkey remodeling process. Our team will handle all aspects of your project, including design, permitting, and construction. You will have a dedicated project manager that will be there to schedule the project, including materials, labor, permits, and inspections, and provide a direct line of communication with homeowners. Fairfax Contractor holds a Virginia class A contractors license and has general liability and workers comp insurance policies.

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Basement Remodeling In Northern Virginia is a great way to increase the value of your property and will also give your family additional living space. Fairfax Contractor is a basement remodeling contractor that provides complete packages, including designs and construction. With professional basement remodeling, you can add new living space for a new bedroom, game room, home theater, guest room, exercise room, full bathroom, office, and family rooms. Finished basements can feature kitchens, wet bars, and even saunas and steam rooms. We are your go-to basement remodeling contractor in Northern Virginia. We offer a turnkey remodeling process. Our team will handle all aspects of your project, including design, permitting, and construction. You will have a dedicated project manager that will be there to schedule the project, including materials, labor, permits, and inspections, and provide a direct line of communication with homeowners. Fairfax Contractor holds a Virginia class A contractors license and has general liability and workers comp insurance policies.

Planning Basement Remodeling

Expertly finished basement remodeling requires planning. Before construction begins there will be considerable work in preparing the design and budget to meet your needs. Fairfax Contractor will initially look at the big picture and discuss your ideas and also inspect a number of variables for your project. One of the first things we always look at is how well your basement is protected from flooding and the possibility of water or moisture intruding into your home. We will want to make sure your basement is ready for refinishing. Prior to a final layout and design of your new basement, we will need to inspect the electrical, plumbing, and HVAC. An accurate budget needs to consider what it's going to take to provide enough power for additional electrical devices, heating and cooling for the new living spaces, and what modifications will need to be made for any plumbing that will be required for bathrooms, kitchens, or wet bars. When working with the designers at Fairfax Contractor you will see we have the experience to guide you through this planning process. Once we have gathered all the information we can establish a reasonable budget and remodeling plan.

Basement Remodeling Permits

As a DPOR licensed Virginia contractor, Fairfax contractor has the ability to pull all necessary permits to construct a legal basement remodeling project. Permits that will be needed include a building permit, an electrical permit, and if you’re adding a basement bathroom, a plumbing permit. Beyond this, an HVAC permit is probably going to be required to facilitate the cooling and heating of your newly remodeled basement. Fairfax contractor will obtain all the required building permits and meet with the inspectors as your project is installed.

Water Proofing

Fairfax Contractor is a full-service general contractor and one of our most popular services is waterproofing basements and foundation repair. You will appreciate that when it comes to waterproofing basements we have seen it all. We have the experience to resolve any problems with your foundation. It's very important to address any issues before the remodeling phase begins. If you have not been in your house for a long time we can inspect your home for any clues or situations that could cause problems in the future. We have the right people that can repair just about any basement foundation repair problems. before the construction of your new basement remodeling project starts. Once any waterproofing problems have been repaired you can comfortably start the construction of your new basement remodeling job.
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Code Compliant Egress Windows

The current building code for Virginia 2018, stipulates the requirements for emergency egress windows for basement finishing. This code needs to be met in order to legally finish your basement. The code requires at least one emergency exit for your finished basement. An additional emergency exit will be required for every legal bedroom that will be built in the basement. We have been installing egress windows for decades. We offer egress window installations as a stand-alone project and is one of the most popular services we provide.
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Framing Requirements for Basements

One of the inspections we will have to pass is a framing inspection for your basement remodeling project. Wall construction in your basement will require pressure-treated lumber for the base plate of any wall. Once the base plates of your basement have been set with steel nails. We will frame out your basement with a 2″x 4″ construction set on 16-inch centers. A 2 x 4 can be utilized as a header for nonbearing walls up to 8 feet in width but no more than 24 inches in height. Fire blocking will be installed in your 2 x 4 framed walls. After your NOVA home’s basement has been framed, it will need to pass the framing inspection.
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Insulation Codes for Basements

Insulating your exterior basement walls is required by code In Northern Virginia. When remodeling your basement, Fairfax Contractor uses R-13 bat insulation which is applied on the exterior walls of your basement walls. In addition to installing insulation, we will make sure that all areas are fireproofed by using Rockwool insulation. At this point, we will call in an insulation inspection for county inspectors to check out that the insulation and fire blocking has been installed correctly. When this inspection has been passed we will move on to the next stage drywall.
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Electrical Installation and Service Upgrades

Chances are your basement refinishing project will require some degree of electrical work. As part of our turn-key remodeling package, we will need to make sure you have enough outlets per code. As a safety measure, Northern Virginia Counties require finished basements to have tamper-resistant outlets. These outlets can be identified by the recessed letters TR on the front of the outlet. GFCI outlets are now required in all new basement remodeling improvements. We typically use a 15- to 20-ampere rated branch circuit for general purposes such as lighting and outlets. It's important that any plugged-in electrical device will not exceed 80% of the circuit rating per VA code. Electrical requirements for Northern Virginia basement remodeling also require at least one switched light which we will install in each room and hallway. Bathrooms built in your basement must have at least one outlet located on a wall adjacent to each sink and within 36” inches of the bathroom sink. As stated before bathroom outlets must have a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) protection.
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Drywall Installation and Finishing

When it comes to installing drywall Fairfax contractor will screw the 4’x 8′ sheets of drywall over the 2 x 4 studs. Properly installed drywall is the key to making a great finished basement. Once the 1/2″ drywall has been screwed to all the basement walls we will start the finishing process of the drywall. The first step is to tape coat all of the drywall seams in your basement. Once all of the seams have been tape coated we will apply a block coat over the tape coat. The next step in finishing the drywall is to skim and sand the drywall to a level 5 finish. When it appears that the drywall has been properly installed, we will go over it one more time with died drywall compound to make sure there are no issues with the final project. Some light sanding may be needed and then your drywall will be ready for primer and paint.
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Primer and Paint

Painting is one of the last steps in remodeling your basement. Painting is a pretty straightforward process. We just need to make sure that quality paint is applied to a properly primed surface and that the painting is done by an experienced painter.
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Trim Carpentry

A quality basement renovation is all about the details. This is so important when it comes to trimming out the doors, windows, and base moldings. Our trim carpenters understand that the trim is the icing on the cake and we will take pride in our craftsmanship so that your basement looks great.

Basement Bathrooms and Kitchens

Adding a bathroom to your Northern Virginia Basement remodeling project is a very common option especially when a bedroom will be part of the project. One of the first steps in remodeling your basement is to configure the plumbing for your new bathroom. Many newer homes in Northern Virginia were constructed with a rough-in plumbing system. Oftentimes the concrete floor of your basement will need to be jackhammered to get the configuration of the plumbing to align with your new basement bathroom design. A plumbing permit will be necessary to install a bathroom in your basement. Adding a kitchen to a basement can be a tricky obstacle. In some jurisdictions, a basement kitchen may be red-flagged by the building and zoning departments. This can happen if there are restrictions for multi-family dwellings. We are well aware of this obstacle and can help navigate this situation if your home has zoning restrictions.
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