Cold basement floor
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Anonymous
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Basement is on HVAC.
Don’t want cold floor to be an energy sink. Planning to finish the floor, but how? If I do LVP on cement for waterproof quality, will it be freezing bc no insulation? How do you prevent losing heat through the basement? |
Anonymous
| Basement floors are always cold |
Anonymous
| We have LVP. I would describe it as cool, not cold like tile. We put in a few area rugs to make it more homey. |
Anonymous
| I would put down DryLok under any other flooring, because that will help prevent Radon ingress. |
Anonymous
| I used COREtec LVT that is backed with a cork layer. My installers also added an additional layer of cork directly onto the concrete floor. I also have an area rug. |
Anonymous
| Basement floors are naturally cold - I don’t think you should be covering it for this reason. Cover if you want but you won’t get energy savings. |
Anonymous
| You can instal a heated floor. They are not expensive. |
Anonymous
Yeah but they’re a one shot deal, if they break they’re finished. |
Anonymous
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OP
To clarify I want it to be waterproof also. |
Anonymous
No the floor needs to breathe. Drylock on wall and radon system. Put padding under vinyl. |
Anonymous
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Insulation/cork/padding material.
LVP If that's not enough, you can always add carpet padding and carpet on top of the LVP. |
Anonymous
No, it doesn't, according to PE. Drylok on the floor helps prevent Radon and it does not harm the concrete at all. |
Anonymous
| dont do anythig....please |
Anonymous
| We insulated under basement floor during construction. Not sure what you can do now that it's built. |
Anonymous
| It was built 80 years ago. Basement floor looks fine. |