{"id":67,"date":"2026-10-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/shirleymbrown-ca\/2026\/10\/24\/before-finishing-a-basement-foundation-checks-canadian-homeowners-should-make\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:00:00","slug":"before-finishing-a-basement-foundation-checks-canadian-homeowners-should-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/24\/before-finishing-a-basement-foundation-checks-canadian-homeowners-should-make\/","title":{"rendered":"Before finishing a basement: foundation checks Canadian homeowners should make"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Before finishing a basement, inspect foundation walls for cracks, bowing, and previous repairs. Check for signs of moisture intrusion, including staining and mineral deposits, and assess the basement floor for cracks or unevenness. Review exterior drainage to ensure water flows away from the foundation. Verify sump pump and drainage systems function properly. Addressing these issues beforehand helps prevent hidden damage and costly repairs after renovation.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/durhampost.ca\/before-finishing-a-basement-7-foundation-checks-canadian-homeowners-should-make\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before finishing a basement, inspect foundation walls for cracks, bowing, and previous repairs. Check for signs of moisture intrusion, including staining and mineral deposits, and assess the basement floor for cracks or unevenness. Review exterior drainage to ensure water flows away from the foundation. Verify sump pump and drainage systems function properly. Addressing these issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shirleymbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}