We purchased our house 12 years ago with a mudroom which was kind of shoddily built, and has no foundation. This part of the house is near a very damp area of our yard up against the woods. It has always been very damp in the mudroom, and over the past 3 years it's gotten worse as we had some drainage problems around the house, which lead to more water being in the area near the mudroom. We are starting to take care of this problem, improving the drainage, replacing a window, and probably either replacing the carpet or I am thinking even pulling up the floor and pouring a cement foundation.
Two questions:
Do you think having a foundation will help with the dampness issues inside the mudroom?
How hard is it to pour your own foundation?
Can you then finish off the top of the cement and paint it for a cool looking cement floor, or do you need to put a different kind of cement on top for the nice cement floors I've seen around? It seems easier upkeep to have a cement floor in the mudroom vs. carpeted floor
Would this be cost efficient or not? I am only starting to dive into the joys of home renovation and have no idea how much a concrete floor would cost. It's a maybe a 10X20 foot space, but we'd probably need to pour at least 1.5 feet to raise the floor up to the level it is now.