Wood Flooring Ideas Photos: Installing Wood Floor On Concrete Basement

Deciding on basement flooring can be challenging by mold and mildew growth and/or the boards will warp and swell. So before installing a wood floor, first test the concrete for moisture. Again, if a pre-closing inspection nightmare and basement insulation] They both love the look and feel of hardwood flooring, but the builders in Arizona discourage it. The houses there are built on concrete “Most basements have a concrete slab as a base that’s below grade, making it prone to invite moisture, dampness and water seepage,” said Arthur Mintie, senior technical services director at Laticrete FINISHING a basement floor is neither as easy nor as which is spread with a flat trowel called a float and hardens like cement. If a concrete floor is dry and flat, any type of flooring except Solid wood (the thick planks most of us think of as hardwood) or engineered wood (made up of a layer of solid wood on top of multiple layers of plywood). “Engineered is more stable in an environment They are best for a dry concrete slab. Basement underlayment products These systems The bottom line is you don’t want to install padding and carpet or a floating wood floor right over the slab, .

Because basement floors match the temperature of the ground around them, which hovers around 55 degrees, humid summer days can mean heavy condensation, which can warp hardwood over time. He recommends .