The floors in the basement are concrete and the ceiling is lower than upstairs. The lighting is florescent and harsh against the concrete. Clearly this space is meant for work and not for use by the public. There are two rooms: a storage and records room as well as the embalming room.
The elevator from the garage is in the first room. The elevator is large enough to hold a casket and a few members of staff at the same time. Next to the elevator is a refrigeration unit that is not meant for holding produce. It has four slots with long metal tables that pull out of the unit. There is shelving for storage. One shelf holds several cardboard boxes of cremated remains that were never picked up. They wait on the shelves for family that may never come neatly labeled with their names, date of birth, and date of death. Numerous binders full of records also line the shelves. There is a metal desk near the records. Metal platforms meant to transport departed loved ones from the refrigeration units to the embalming room and sturdier platforms meant to hold caskets taken up the elevator for a funeral also hang out in the middle of this room.
The embalming room has the same harsh lighting as the storage room but the floors and walls are tiled in sterile white, and there is a drain in the middle of the floor. There is a table in the middle of the room with a neck rest and a channel around the entire table meant for holding the deceased while the embalmer prepares them for their funeral. Embalming machines and metal tray tables holding instruments surround the table. There is a counter on one side of the room that contains more tools as well as a mix of mortuary and regular cosmetics, hair products, and even a hair drier and flat iron. There is a board on the wall with a glass covering meant to hold pictures of the deceased so the embalmer may look at them while they work.