I was given about 25 boxes of satinfinish hardwood flooring. Its 3 " tongue and groove engineered flooring. The manufacturer does not recommend that it be installed in basements. Another manufacturer of a very similar product says their product can be installed on basement floors directly on the concrete. My basement is very dry. Should I go ahead and install it? Should I glue it down or let it "float"? If I let it float, I can use some sort of vapour barrier. Thanks. Steve.
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Dri-core is a floating floor...so you must remember that when installing anything other than carpet over it.....I had the dri-core company send me information....I installed the dri-core in my basement and mudroom ...and will put carpet in the basement...but the mudroom I want slate and was advised by Dri-core to secure the panels to ensure stability.......otherwise my tiles will crack...check out their website at
[url]www.dricore.com[/url]
Good luck....................................
my whole basement is done in it ! then parts are underlay and carpet, some parts (storage) have nothing, and it does not lok too bad on its own
About $6/tile. and each tile is 2" x 2"
You should check out Dri-Cor - you can get it at Home depot. It's tongue and groove, 2x 2 panels with a moisture barrier built into it. Just lay it on the floor, tapcon it down, or lay more 5/8 plywood over it and you can nail the flooring right in. The sleepers are a good idea too, but dri-cor's drop and go. Depends on how much work you want to do!
If it were me Steve I would put 2x4 sleepers down on your concrete floor. between the sleepers I'd use 1 1/2" rigid insulation and top the whole thing with 3/4" plywood sheathing. then put your "floating" floor down. not only will you have a warmer floor, but a softer floor as well. hope this helps. :)
given? Wow, that is a deal. LUcky you.
Can you email the mfg and see what they say given you have a dry basement? maybe if you put some sort of subfloor down (thinking about those new subfloor tiles that are out) you'll be okay.
You might also want to pose your question at [url]http://www.diychatroom.com/[/url] where there are contractors who might be able to help (you can also go and read the contractor on ly forum that is attached to it).