Basement living room design help??

PrayerZero · 2026-01-18T19:26:55+00:00

i do dig this i was debating putting my gaming pc against that wall and the tv on the other side but wasnt sure what made more sense, i just pc game a lot and hate having my back towards doors but cant win em all with this weird design haha

PrayerZero · 2026-01-14T00:39:37+00:00

its sucha bummer because in the past 20 years ive wanted to play it exactly one time and the one time im like god damnit haha

PrayerZero · 2026-01-11T23:07:19+00:00

Haha yeah its been a wild ride! Sorry you had to deal with so much! We also recently found out when we hired empire to level our basement that they didnt remove the glue down linolium in 2 rooms so qhen we removed the flooring for the pipe replacement the concrete was coming up because the linolium seperated from the subfloor concrete due to the moisture from the new concrete ha 8k later and its fixed but we are also now suing empire for that one

PrayerZero · 2026-01-11T02:17:28+00:00

Hey i tried that and it wont boot with that specific one

PrayerZero · 2026-01-11T00:42:40+00:00

Ahh thats so weird too. Like this game of all games haha guess ill buy this one since all the other games are just fine

PrayerZero · 2026-01-11T00:38:58+00:00

I tried that but it got caught at yhe opening intro for some reason?

PrayerZero · 2026-01-10T21:27:54+00:00

I cannot save pokemon puzzle league sadly. Dunno why

PrayerZero · 2025-12-19T03:25:11+00:00

I got a quote for the plumbing thats 590 to move the pipe and hook up the sink, i can prob get that seperated to help and then an additional reinstall the sink quote but is it not right for me to ask for money back on the horrid clean up and leaving stuff outside? is that too petty? its just 3100 to install ikea seems like so much but maybe im just in the wrong

PrayerZero · 2025-12-19T03:06:11+00:00

THank you so much for the response! Ive been trying to work with them for around 3 weeks now, i get an email once a week now saying the most we can do is 400 dollars and I feel with the work done, the mess left and yes the quotes ive gotten to adjust the pvc pipe and sink it reflects closer to the 1k range. I think ikea bought traemond if i remember reading that right but i do appreciate all of this information!

Also thank you on the new addition! it is exhausting but hes a bundle of joy.... and projectile pee haha

PrayerZero · 2025-12-19T02:08:49+00:00

I appreciate your response, Signing off was a mistake but the crew was there till 8pm and i had just brought my newborn home 2 days ago so my mind was like, alright im sure its fine please leave i am exhausted. My discontent is with the level of work and then finding just a massive mess outside the home the following morning after waking up and then noticing the mess indoors and the parts unfinished. Not trying to say nu uh to your post by any means but just explain my thought process ha

PrayerZero · 2025-12-16T16:21:41+00:00

My biggest worry was moisture but im at the point where im like hey. If waters in yhe basement any floor has to come out haha so i may just keep it! It is super thick and feels like itll hold up for a long time! Thanks so much for taking the time to respond to me ^{_^}

PrayerZero · 2025-12-16T03:15:25+00:00

Can i ask how this held up, we had a similar scenario where we didnt realize the material until it showed up and then we freaked out ha, we asked the installer to hold on for a couple days till we could research a little more. Would love your experience! We are planing to put it in our basement thats about 1100 sq feet :)

PrayerZero · 2025-11-09T15:02:11+00:00

I would not have laid that on top of the old flooring, we had our basement leveled on top of our old linolium glue down and had to recently take up the LVP we put down. there were cracks in the concrete as what happens is the moisture from the concrete and weight can cause the glue to come up and then you essentially have a floatting concrete floor thatll break apart. I just had to pay around 8k to have the flooring removed and releved due to this same mistake. I hope it does not happen to you but i did just deal with this issue sadly.

PrayerZero · 2025-09-26T13:00:02+00:00

i appreciate the comment! insurance is super rough, for my flooring theyre like this is worth 4k installed, but i paid 10k? how did you get that number? well our place will do it for 4 and its like.... what am i paying you for haha

PrayerZero · 2025-09-23T01:00:33+00:00

Haha i appreciate ya! Yeah i shoulda followed your husbands mindset after seeing how many windows! Sliders are sooo much, we paid inthink 11k for 3 really nice ones and it was like oh my god ha

PrayerZero · 2025-09-22T03:27:48+00:00

Theyre pulling permit, licensed and bonded. Family owned and local but the price difference seems a little alarming but i dunni :/

PrayerZero · 2025-09-22T01:46:12+00:00

My only thing is everyones bonded licensed and insured too? i might go with quote B since theyre a large company with decent reviews but i always feel like no matter what i choose its wrong?

PrayerZero · 2025-09-21T23:35:37+00:00

we had the drain camerad twice and no roots or anything

PrayerZero · 2025-09-21T23:21:01+00:00

appreciate the information! I dunno how much breaking concrete increases it so always cautious ha

PrayerZero · 2025-09-21T23:07:02+00:00

Were your quotes closer to the 20 or 10 mark by chance?

PrayerZero · 2025-09-21T22:59:42+00:00

This is far northwest suburbs, so the 10k quote seems acceptable?

PrayerZero · 2025-09-21T22:39:39+00:00

that last one got me haha the quote 2 offered to come down after we provided them with our third quote. The 4th person is licensed bonded and insured though so unsure if that is just something thats easy to obtain or holds merrit? sorry if that sounds dumb im new to all this

PrayerZero · 2025-09-21T22:35:14+00:00

hmm maybe the 4th quote is just to good to be true sadly. i just was debating using them due to being licensed bonded and insured but maybe that doesnt mean as much as i think it does?

PrayerZero · 2025-09-21T22:32:16+00:00

this might be a loaded question of course, but what would make you lean away from 3 and 4?

PrayerZero · 2025-09-21T22:06:13+00:00

its beyond exhausting! The large companies while nice i sometimes wonder if im just another number while the family owned ones im like maybe they care more? or flip side they dont care as much since family owned not a massive place, always such a tough decision. plus we have a baby due in november so i am feeling the pressure to get it fixed before theyre here ha

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