Shorewood, Illinois
Shorewood homeowners tend to build basements for hosting, and a cigar room is the one request most contractors will not touch. Nearly everything along the Route 59 corridor is newer construction with dry, deep basements, so the structure is rarely the problem. The problem is the air. A cigar lounge only works when the room is sealed and vented with dedicated exhaust and makeup air, engineering that a typical finishing crew has never done. It is our signature specialty, and we build it as carefully in a Shorewood subdivision as we do anywhere.
For most families here the right size is a den, not a hall. Think of a sealed room off the main basement with seating for a few friends, a built-in humidor, and a whiskey bar just outside the door serving both spaces. Movie night twenty feet away stays completely free of smoke. We start with a free in-home design consultation, give you an itemized quote, pull the permits, and finish in a typical 6 to 10 week window. Financing is available on larger projects. Call (815) 217-9050 and we will walk the space with you.
It starts with a free in-home design consultation. We measure your basement, check moisture and mechanicals, and talk through how you want the space to live. You get a design and an itemized quote, we handle permits and inspections, and one team runs the build from the first cut to the final walkthrough. Most projects take 6 to 12 weeks of construction.
That is the most common layout we build here. The cigar room is one sealed den off the main basement, and the family space, bar, and media area stay completely smoke free because the lounge has its own exhaust and makeup air system. Kids can watch a movie twenty feet away and never smell a thing.
Three things working together. Sealed construction closes every gap in the walls, ceiling, and around the door. A dedicated exhaust fan ducts the room's air directly outdoors. And a makeup air inlet balances the system so the room stays under negative pressure, meaning air leaks in, never out. Remove any one and the system fails, so we build all three.
Very. The subdivisions along the corridor generally have deep, dry basements with good ceiling height, which makes sealing the room and routing exhaust ductwork straightforward. Most Shorewood projects hit no structural surprises, so quotes hold and the typical 6 to 10 week schedule is realistic. We confirm everything during a free in-home consultation.
Tell us about your basement and we will follow up within one business day to set up an in-home visit.