Basement Finishing in Palatine

Finishing your basement in Palatine

We run every basement on the same sequence. Moisture and drainage come first, with any sump work done before anything is covered, and then we frame on treated bottom plates, insulate, wire, and rough in plumbing for a bath or wet bar where you want one. Any bedroom gets a code egress window, and the finish is drywall, ceilings, flooring, doors, trim and paint. ONIT Restoration, the same company under its basement brand with a crew that does basements all day, handles full design-and-build basements, and ONIT Solutions handles repairs to finished basements, partial finishes and single trades like framing or drywall.

Palatine is on our regular route up Route 53, with Rand Road, Northwest Highway and Dundee Road getting us across town, from Harper College to downtown. In a basement, most of what matters ends up hidden, which is why the inspections fall where they do. Inspections usually come at framing and rough-in while the walls are open, again at insulation where the village asks for it, and at final. We schedule each one as the work reaches it and never close a wall that has not been signed off.

What a Palatine basement finish covers

How the job runs from estimate to final

We look at the basement in person and write up a free estimate that shows each phase and where the inspections land. The permit goes in once you approve the scope. If something behind a wall or under the floor needs fixing, we show you, price it on paper and wait for your approval. After the final inspection, we walk the finished basement with you.

• Inspected before any wall is closed
• Fire blocking where code calls for it
• Moisture and sump checked on day one
• Free estimate showing each phase
• Hidden repairs approved by you in writing
• Floors protected and dust contained