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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here ... its a concrete floor.  House is a little over three years old, so no water issues and no pets.  But I wouldn't want to deal with any trapped moisture issues in the long term.[/quote]

I know there's a lot of comments about hardwood flooring in the basement, but I didn't think it was recommended. Wouldn't the boards warp being on concrete (even if you do put down a layer of plywood and polyuretain film). And being below ground, most basements have a moisture element too (humidifier or dehumidifier).

Having said that, we have berber in the basement.  For us, it serves as a rec room. We paid extra to have thick padding under the carpet for comfort and warmth. Steps to the basement have reg carpet though.

It's been 4 years since we've had it installed and 3 kids playing on it almost daily, no problems with threads or vacumming as other PPs describe. Dirt and occasional dead spider crickets blend in well into the pattern we chose so I would say it hides dirt well (although were also a new shoes inside household). We don't have pets to claw it up so maybe that is the difference.[/quote]

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