Wood sub floors on a basement floor will get wet and will begin to mold and rot. This article explains why and what you can do to preserve your basement carpet and flooring.
For many homeowners, the idea of a basement finishing is to remodel the
area the same what the rest of the house has been designed. This means
they’ll want their ceiling to be made of drywall to look like the rest
of their house. The furniture should be the same decor, and their
floors- the wood sub floors and beautiful, thick carpet laid on top-
should be placed downstairs as well.
Unfortunately, this is not going to work. A drywall ceiling is
going to give little or no access to pipes running along your basement
ceiling, and a single plumbing leak will cause enormous damage to it.
The basement walls have fewer windows than the rest of the house, and
if you lay wood on a concrete basement floor, it’s going to lead to a
home improvement disaster.
The problem is this: concrete is porous like a sponge. If you have
moisture in the earth around your basement floor, the concrete floor
will soak that moisture up from the ground and release it into the
basement air in the form of water vapor. The dirt around your
foundation was backfilled in when the foundation was built. Because of
this, it will always be looser and more porous than the virgin earth
around it, and water will always collect against your home’s foundation
more than anywhere else. , and will not
support the growth of mold and rot. What more could you want?
About the author
Jacques Bouchard is a professional writer for
http://www.basementsystems.com . Our
company does basement waterproofing, crawl space encapsulation, sump pump
installation, dehumidification, and basement finishing. Our estimates, consultations, and 90-page
full cover books are free and no-obligation, and all our products come with a
great reputation and written warranty.
Jacques Bouchard
Basement Systems
Total Basement
Finishing
60 Silvermine Road
Seymour, CT 06483
800-541-0487 x9335
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