Like Minded Burgundy 19.7 in. x 19.7 in. Carpet Tile (6 Tiles/Case) Sign up or log in to customize your list. Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question The best answers are voted up and rise to the top I live in Michigan, where humidity is fairly high. I have a 70 pint dehumidifier that works great. I also have a sump pump and water powered backup sump pump. I am looking to floor my basement because I am planning on using it has a home theater. I have done a lot of googling on this topic and have found a lot of varying opinions. I don't want to add a subfloor because I don't have much headspace to play with. Currently it has a drop ceiling and I am 6'4". I am only a couple inches from the ceiling standing on the unfinished floor. I have been looking at different carpeting and vinyl options. I am trying to finish around 600 sq ft so price is a concern here. I would like to stay under $1000 and can do installation myself if needed.
I am concerned about moisture not being able to dissipate into the air and instead getting trapped under whatever flooring I put down. Is it okay to use a padding with carpet? Do they make special padding that allows for air to transfer through it? Is vinyl going to trap moisture underneath and cause mold? I don't really like the look of painted/stained concrete so I want to avoid that option. flooring basement carpet vinyl-flooring I lived in a house that had standing water once or twice a year. It had a pad with berber(?) carpet on top. It dried easy with a space heater and fan within a day of these wet periods. Usually a 5x10 foot area got wet. When I went to pull up the carpet both the carpet and pad were in perfect condition. I asked a friend who had done installations for years and he said that I had an open-celled padding with no moisture barrier and if they are dried out thoroughly within a reasonable time he has never seen mold. So new house I am in is basically about the same as yours.
I am putting down carpet in part of the basement with pad. Almost all pads are open-celled and you would have to ask for one with a moisture barrier - so if you go to a carpet store and pick out their normal padding that is the right thing. Also I am using Trafficmaster Allure Ultra on part of the basement which I have used on jobs. I am not a HD homer - but I have used this stuff and it is awesome. It is pure rubber and even if you got mold (you shouldn't) it would just clean right off. As for your $1000 budget. You are going to have to get some very low grade carpet to meet that. Do not get non-floating vinyl. If you have to install the vinyl to the floor and you do have moisture problems you are in for a big mess. The recommendation I have above is $1800. has other all rubber options but they may make you have a minimum order. When I lived in MN I had the same issue. I opted to stain the concrete floor. I liked the looked, it was affordable, and as long as I ran a dehumidifier (a requirement in most any mid-western basement anyways) there was no water worries at all.
I'd never put carpet in a basement. Been in too many carpeted basements with a definite mildew smell to scare me away from it. You can simply lay carpet right on the concrete without a pad. It obviously won't be as soft as it would with padding, but it's easy, cheap, and air should flow through it better. Don't need to glue it down, it will stay put on the concrete once you have some things on it. Personally I would do the vinyl plank but not the allure. I would rather use Moduleo but it won't be budget friendly. If you are running the dehumidifier that will take care of any moisture issues. Carpet is certainly the warmest and most economical. I would definitely use a pad (chip foam is best below grade). If you don't install the carpet over pad or glue it down it will always buckle. I would recommend getting it installed. Thank you for your interest in this question. Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count).
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