A finished basement in your Elmhurst home works as an office, a TV room or a guest space when the lighting, outlets and circuits are planned for how you will use it.
Water comes first on every basement we finish: we check for moisture and fix the drainage or sump before anything gets covered. Then our crew frames on treated bottom plates, insulates, and runs the electrical and any plumbing rough-in for a bath or wet bar, all inspected before drywall. Ceilings, flooring, doors, trim and paint finish it, with a code egress window if a bedroom is part of the plan. Full design-and-build basements run under our ONIT Restoration brand, which is the same company with a crew that does basements all day, and ONIT Solutions takes repairs to finished basements, partial finishes and single trades like framing or drywall.
We work in Elmhurst every week, coming in on I-290, I-294, York Road, North Avenue and St. Charles Road. The city is in DuPage County, home to Elmhurst University and a downtown around the Metra station, with Villa Park and Oak Brook next door. If you plan to work or watch TV down there, the wiring plan matters as much as the walls. We lay out lighting on more than one switch, put outlets where the desk and the TV will go, run data or TV cable while the walls are open, and add a dedicated circuit for anything that draws heavy power.
We look for seepage, check the sump and fix drainage before any framing.
Recessed lights split into zones, so you can light the TV area and the office area separately.
Outlets placed for the desk, the TV wall and the bar, and spaced to code along every wall.
Network and TV cable run while the framing is open, so nothing gets fished through finished walls later.
Treated bottom plates, insulated outside walls, and rough-in for a bath or bar if one is planned.
Drywall, ceilings, flooring, doors, trim and paint, with smoke and CO alarms where code requires them.
On the free estimate visit, we talk through how each part of the basement will be used and mark where furniture and screens will go. That plan becomes a written scope, and any change after we start gets priced in writing before we do it. We pull the permit where the city requires one, and the rough-in passes inspection before insulation and drywall cover it. At the walkthrough, we flip every switch and test every outlet with you.
Call or text (815) 585-1750 and we will lay out the rooms, the wiring and the finish with you on site.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com