Transform your unfinished basement into valuable living space with Drywall Techs & General Contracting. Our basement finishing services turn dark, unused areas into beautiful, functional rooms for your family to enjoy. Whether you envision a home theater, guest suite, home office, recreation room, or additional living space, we handle every aspect of the project from start to finish. Our experienced team manages framing, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall installation, flooring, and all finishing touches. We understand the unique challenges of basement construction—moisture control, egress requirements, ceiling height considerations, and proper lighting—and we engineer solutions that create comfortable, code-compliant spaces. With 70+ years of combined experience, we bring professional craftsmanship to every basement project, ensuring quality results that add significant value to your home.
Finishing a basement is one of the highest-value projects a Salt Lake City homeowner can take on, turning cold, unused square footage into real living space at a fraction of the cost of an addition. The most popular layouts we build are bedroom-and-bathroom suites for guests or teens, family and media rooms, home offices and gyms, and combination spaces with a wet bar or kitchenette. Because we manage the whole project, you get one team handling framing, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall, flooring, and finish work — and a layout designed around how your family actually wants to use the space.
Basements come with challenges above-grade rooms don't. We address moisture with proper vapor barriers and, where needed, insulation strategies that keep walls dry through Utah's freeze-thaw cycles. We meet egress requirements by adding or enlarging code-compliant egress windows in bedrooms — a safety and resale must. We plan around low ceilings, ductwork, and support posts, often soffiting mechanicals cleanly into the design, and we engineer lighting so a space without big windows still feels bright and welcoming. Getting these details right is the difference between a basement that feels like a basement and one that feels like the rest of your home.
In the Salt Lake City area, finished basements typically run about $35 to $55 per square foot turn-key, depending on the layout and finishes. Adding a bathroom, a wet bar, or a kitchenette, upgrading flooring and trim, and the number of rooms all move the number. A simple open rec room sits at the lower end of that range, while a multi-room suite with a full bath lands higher. We provide a free consultation and a written, itemized estimate, and with 70+ years of combined experience we help you balance budget against the features that add the most everyday value and resale return.
We provide basement finishes across Salt Lake County, Davis County, Weber County, and Summit County — including Salt Lake City, Sandy, Draper, West Jordan, South Jordan, Herriman, Murray, Park City, Bountiful, Ogden, Layton, and Farmington.
Finished basements in the Salt Lake City area typically run about $35–$55 per square foot turn-key, depending on layout and finishes. A simple open rec room is at the low end, while a multi-room suite with a full bath is higher. Bathrooms, wet bars, and upgraded flooring move the number. Estimates are free.
Yes. Code requires a compliant egress window in any basement bedroom for safe escape and natural light. We add or enlarge egress windows as part of the project, which is both a safety requirement and a resale must.
We use proper vapor barriers and appropriate insulation strategies to keep walls dry through Utah's freeze-thaw cycles, and we address any existing moisture issues before framing so the finished space stays healthy and dry.
Yes. We regularly add bathrooms, wet bars, and kitchenettes, coordinating the plumbing and electrical as part of our full project management so it's done to code and integrated cleanly into the layout.
Most basement finishes take several weeks depending on size, the number of rooms, and whether a bathroom or kitchenette is included. We give you a realistic schedule up front and coordinate every trade to keep the project on track.
Ready to start your basement finishes project? Contact Drywall Techs & General Contracting or call (801) 791-9053 for a free estimate.