Rubber Flooring For Wet Basements

Dricore subfloor is the first and most important step towards creating a new living space as warm and comfortable as any other space in your home.

Rubber flooring for wet basements.

Rubber is pliable and provides some degree of cushion much more than hard flooring materials and even many types of carpet. Choosing flooring for basements is always tricky because there are a lot of trade offs. Rubber flooring rolls in a basement all sizes and colors for some one of the most important aspects of rubber flooring for basements is having a seamless surface without edges and corners. Dricore is the one step engineered subfloor solution that is specifically designed for basements.

This makes rubber flooring a great option for basement playrooms kids rooms and exercise areas spaces that benefit not only from rubber s cushion but also its durability and easy cleaning and maintenance. What are the best types of flooring for basements and damp spaces. Basements are notoriously dark damp cold and sometimes they get wet or worse they can flood. A few years ago my uncle had gotten fed up with the wet basement floor that seemed to constantly allow water to seep in.

Since they are so close to the outdoors basements can be cold and wet all year long which it is important to select waterproof basement floor options like rubber. It is also a fairly slip resistant material meaning that your feet benefit from more traction while on a basement floor covering made of rubber no matter how wet it gets. Raised basement flooring tiles with a built in vapor barrier prevents moisture from becoming trapped by creating a gap between your flooring and the concrete. It creates an air gap above cold damp concrete to protect insulate and cushion your finished floors.

Air flows under the floor allowing the moisture to dissipate without having to remove your flooring at each occurrence of moisture buildup. Why raised flooring for wet basements. Above all it is vital to protect basement flooring from water damage as basements can literally compromise the foundation of a house and any damage sustained there can have. This kind of damage should be repaired before any new basement flooring is installed.

Unlike carpet laminate or hardwood floors our products are made with a naturally water resistant material. Many basement flooring materials like paint epoxy tile and rubber flooring for example can go down directly over the basement s original poured concrete floor as long as the concrete is in good condition. They come in several different sizes from 12 to 36 inch squares but can be expensive depending on the quality of the product and its thickness.