Basement Remodeling in Bloomington

What’s included in a Knutson basement remodel

Moisture and envelope — rim-joist spray foam, perimeter drainage review, sump pump upgrade if needed, vapor strategy against foundation walls.

Framing and insulation — code-compliant framing, proper insulation, fire-blocking at floor and ceiling transitions.

Code-compliant egress — new window wells and full egress cuts into the foundation where a legal bedroom is planned. This is the step most Bloomington rambler basements need, since the original glass-block or narrow slider windows almost never meet current opening size and sill height requirements.

Electrical and HVAC — new circuits, panel upgrades where the house needs it, supply and return runs sized correctly for the finished square footage.

Plumbing — bath rough-in, kitchenette or wet-bar plumbing, and a grinder pump where gravity drain isn’t feasible given the home’s original layout.

Custom built-ins — media walls, wine walls, bar cabinetry, and office millwork built in our own shop.

Drywall, flooring, trim, paint, and lighting — finish work carried to the same standard as the rest of the house.

Why Bloomington homeowners choose Knutson

An eight-foot pour is a genuine advantage in a Bloomington basement, and it’s exactly the kind of advantage that gets wasted when a contractor doesn’t plan around the ceiling height from the start — dropping ductwork through the middle of the room instead of routing it along a beam line, or framing a bulkhead that eats three of those eight feet for no real reason. We plan the mechanical layout before framing begins so the height these homes were built with actually gets used.

The second reason is the egress work itself. Cutting a new opening into a poured concrete foundation is a permit-pulled job that involves a concrete contractor working in the middle of a framing schedule, and getting the sequencing wrong adds weeks to a project. We’ve done this enough times on Bloomington ramblers to sequence it correctly the first time.