Re: Re: lamintate flooring- Cathy

[Guest guest]

We painted ours and it looks beautiful. From what I have learned over the

years I would never recommend putting tile, carpet or anything on top of

concrete!! Throw rugs are a much better idea.

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Not absolutely sure but think this has been discussed here before and it

isn't a good idea to put any moisture barrier over the top of basement floor

as there will be humidity that will come up from under house and it will

be trapped which can form mold under the plastic or whatever barrier you

use. Its better to leave concrete floor bare and just keep them clean or paint

them and put throw rugs.

[Guest guest]

This is what I saved from reading in Debra Lynn Dadd's site:

........natural cork. We finished our basement (which is dry) and used natural

cork for the flooring. It requires a thin plastic sheet to cover the cement

first and then the cork squares fit together without glue or nails. Looks

beautiful, is quite durable and has a very mild natural cork smell. And, it was

quite affordable.

Hope this helps........Corky

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From: cahydesmond cahydesmond@...

 

When we put in laminate floors I had to be out of the house for a couple of

years.......... We have a basement floor that we do not know what would work the

best to install either. But it seems to me that tiles are the next thing or

maybe an untreated cork floor.

cathy

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[Guest guest]

This is just a thought that occured to me. Isn't cork a product that can absorb

moisture? If that is so, would it then be likely to become moldy over time?

Unless your basement humidity is either dry or controlled would it be a problem?

Does anyone have any experience with cork in this way?

--- On Thu, 4/8/10, corky lux <corkylux1@...> wrote

 

This is what I saved from reading in Debra Lynn Dadd's site:

........natural cork. We finished our basement (which is dry) and used natural

cork for the flooring. It requires a thin plastic sheet to cover the cement

first and then the cork squares fit together without glue or nails. Looks

beautiful, is quite durable and has a very mild natural cork smell. And, it was

quite affordable.

Hope this helps....... .Corky

[Guest guest]

What would that then mean for those who don't have a basement but a concrete

slab as their ground floor. Is there any way to safely put some kind of

non-toxic flooring in? Thanks,Sam 

--- On Thu, 4/8/10, ssr3351@... <ssr3351@...> wrote

 

We painted ours and it looks beautiful. From what I have learned over the

years I would never recommend putting tile, carpet or anything on top of

concrete!! Throw rugs are a much better idea.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I found this about cork flooring.  Hope it is useful !!

http://www.greenbuildingsupply.com/Public/NaturalFlooring/NaturalCork/index.cfm

 

 

God Bless !!

dragonflymcs

Mayleen

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From: Sam <yaddayadda53@...>

Sent: Thu, April 8, 2010 8:53:12 PM

Subject: Re: [] Re: lamintate flooring-

 

This is just a thought that occured to me. Isn't cork a product that can absorb

moisture? If that is so, would it then be likely to become moldy over time?

Unless your basement humidity is either dry or controlled would it be a problem?

Does anyone have any experience with cork in this way?

--- On Thu, 4/8/10, corky lux <corkylux1 (DOT) com> wrote

 

This is what I saved from reading in Debra Lynn Dadd's site:

........natural cork. We finished our basement (which is dry) and used natural

cork for the flooring. It requires a thin plastic sheet to cover the cement

first and then the cork squares fit together without glue or nails. Looks

beautiful, is quite durable and has a very mild natural cork smell. And, it was

quite affordable.

Hope this helps....... .Corky