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The above before and after photos represent a small cross section of the basements that we have cleaned out. Following are just some of the many items that are found stored in basements that must be sorted through and prepared for sale, recycling, donation or the trash...

Christmas decorations, tools, tool boxes, tool benches, scrap metals, cabinets, tables, paints, washers, dryers, shelving, sleds, clay pots, wooden shelves, chairs, excercise equipment, file cabinets, freezers, plastic lawn chairs, ironing boards, clutter, junk.

Would you know what to keep, what to recycle, what to donate? Do you have the time that it takes to do a thorough job?

If you are thinking of having your basement remodeled, or if you have a damp basement and are getting drain tiles, then you should consider emptying it out now!

No matter how careful a job the contracters do, there is going to be a considerable amount of debris that drifts onto whatever is in the basement.

If you must store items in the basement then use totes with lids and not cardboard boxes. Always add a dryer sheet between 2 paper towels to each tote.

When this debris settles onto cardboard boxes, cloth bags, etc, the organic properties are absorbed into and, more often than not, damage the contents. Also silverfish love moist cardboard.

Covering up everything with tarps helps but does not eliminate the problems. Large canvas tarps are cumbersome and costly. Polyethylene tarps are lightweight, less costly, but also less effective. Investing in totes is a better idea but still does not eliminate the problem. Clear totes are best so that you can see what is inside. Solid color totes are generally heavy duty, of better quality, and are designed to withstand more abuse. Clear totes tend to be thinner, are more fragile, and crack more easily. The damp and often flooded basements that WNY experiences tends to damage even the best protected items left in basements over multiple decades.

Dehumidifiers help but do not guarantee longterm stability.

Avoid stacking items against and/or storing items next to block walls, on concrete floors, near a furnace or drainage tubs as we have found that this is where most of the damaged items are found. As times goes on weather conditions cause the mortar between the block walls to break down. As walls begin to deteriorate, water seeps in through the spaces left behind where the mortar once tightly bound the stones together.